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Kinder Surprise eggs - the chocolate delicacy filled with a (surprise!) toy - have had a big impact on people's lives. Consider the Winnipeg woman who nearly paid a $300 fine when she tried to cross the Canadian-U.S. border with one (the candy is illegal in the U.S., but more on that later). Or the highly creative man who used one to propose to his girlfriend.
Or the New Jersey businessman who loved them so much he wanted to make sure future generations of American children could enjoy them as much as he does.
That would be Kevin Gass, the co-founder of Candy Treasure LLC, a Lebanon, N.J., candy company. About a week ago, Gass unrolled Choco Treasure, a Kinder-inspired chocolate egg with a toy inside. This is a big deal, because this type of product hasn't been legal in this country since 1938, when the Food and Drug Administration passed the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which prohibits any " non-nutritive component" (for example, a toy) from being embedded in a confectionary product, as the Foodbeast reported.
(Incidentally, that hasn't stopped people from trying to smuggle them in. According to Canada's National Post, more than 60,000 Kinder eggs have been seized at the U.S. border annually. Penalties can zoom up to $2,500 per egg.)
What's more, Kinder Surprise eggs, which are manufactured by an Italian company called Ferrero, aren't safe for kids under 3 years old. The product is in clear violation of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission requirement, which states that candy-with-ensconced-toys must be safe for kids of all ages.
But none of that deterred Gass. It just motivated him to figure out a way to legalize the contraband.
"This is the biggest kids candy in the world, and we think it tastes great. It's fun, and we spent quite a bit of time to make it safer and also as much fun as the original," Gass told ABC News, adding that he worked with the FDA and a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission certified lab to make sure the product was safe for children of all ages. To wit: Submerged inside each egg is a capsule that separates the two halves of the chocolate. The capsule also has ridges around the side, so even a young child can tell there's something there.
Other than safety, one of Gass's biggest challenges was finding a toy that appeals to adults and kids alike, even though children are the target audience.
"Young kids love stickers. Adults don't want stickers," said Gass. So he and his team have come up with gizmos that offer something for everyone: A mini deck of cards-all 52 of them! A tiny 3-D puzzle. A teensy little rubber squirty toy.
So far, the Choco Treasure, which costs between $1 and $1.49, can be found on the company website, at Target and SuperValu stores, and at Economy Candy, in Lower Manhattan.
"That's my favorite candy store, so I'm really happy," said Gass.


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American poet, academic
Josephine Miles (June 11, 1911 – May 12, 1985) was an American poet and literary critic.
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- They deny good luck, love, power, romance, and inspiration
From La Jac Brite ointment and incense of all kinds,
And condemn in writing skin brightening and whitening
and whitening of minds.
There is upon the federal trade commission a burden of glory
So to defend the fact, so to impel
The plucking of hope from the hand, honor from the complexion,
Sprite from the spell.
- "Government Injunction Restraining Harlem Cosmetic Co." (1941) St. 2–3; Collected Poems, University of Illinois Press, 1983
- Death did not come to my mother
Like an old friend.
She was a mother, and she must
Conceive him.
Up and down the bed she fought crying
Help me, but death
Was a slow child
- "Conception" (1974) st. 1–2; Collected Poems, University of Illinois Press, 1983
External linksEdit
- Josephine Miles - The Academy of American Poets. Retrieved on 2009-02-25.


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1. K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(a)(7) is analyzed and applied.
2. K.S.A. 21-4710(d)(11) is analyzed and applied.
Appeal from Reno District Court; RICHARD J. ROME, judge. Opinion filed May 16, 2003. Affirmed.
Sam S. Kepfield, of Legal Services for Prisoners, Inc., of Hutchinson, for the appellant.
Franklin T. Bruce, assistant district attorney, Keith E. Schroeder, district attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, for the appellee.
Before GREEN, P.J., ELLIOTT and PIERRON, JJ.
PIERRON, J.: Marcus T. Brown appeals from the district court's denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3504. We affirm.
While serving sentences for burglary and obstructing legal process, Brown escaped from the work release unit at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility on July 18, 2000. A day later, he turned himself in to authorities.
On September 12, 2000, Brown pled no contest to attempted aggravated escape from custody. The charging information did not include either of the crimes for which Brown was in custody at the time of his escape. Brown's criminal history included four nonperson felonies and four misdemeanors, which equated to a criminal history score of E. Brown objected to his criminal history, but this was overruled.
On May 20, 2002, Brown filed a motion to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to K.S.A. 22-3504. A hearing was held May 24, 2002; Brown's motion was denied.
Brown argues that his criminal history score was incorrectly determined to be E because his prior convictions should not have been included in his criminal history score pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4710(d)(11). Specifically, Brown contends his prior crimes could not be included in his criminal history score because they are elements of attempted aggravated escape from custody.
This issue involves interpretation of the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act, K.S.A. 21-4701 et seq., and this court's review is unlimited. State v. Bolin, 266 Kan. 18, 24, 968 P.2d 1104 (1998).
"Criminal statutes must be strictly construed in favor of the accused. Any reasonable doubt about the meaning is decided in favor of anyone subjected to the criminal statute. The rule of strict construction, however, is subordinate to the rule that judicial interpretation must be reasonable and sensible to effect legislative design and intent. [Citation omitted.]" State v. McGill, 271 Kan. 150, 154, 22 P.3d 597 (2001).
Central to the analysis of this issue is the statutory subsection under which Brown was convicted. Both the complaint and journal entry of conviction indicated that Brown was charged and convicted under K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810 but provided no section or subsection. However, a close inspection of the record strongly suggests that Brown was convicted under K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(a)(7). This was verified by Brown in his brief.
Brown's presentence investigation (PSI) report lists the violated statute as K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(a)(2) and (7). K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(a)(2) does not appear appropriate because that section pertains only to individuals in custody due to juvenile charges or adjudications. The crimes for which Brown was incarcerated at the time of his escape were adult nonperson felonies.
Also, severity level 7 was indicated on the complaint, journal entry, and PSI report for the attempted escape charge. Because Brown was convicted of attempted aggravated escape, the severity level of his crime of conviction was required to be lowered two levels from that indicated for the completed crime. K.S.A. 21-3301(c). The only subsections for which a severity level 5 is indicated are (a)(2), (a)(7), (b)(2), and (b)(7). K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(c)(2), (4). K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(b) does not pertain to the present case, as it requires the use or threat of violence to effectuate escape, which is not indicated within the record. As mentioned, subsection (a)(2) also does not apply. Finally, subsection (a)(7) requires that the escapee be incarcerated at an institution listed under K.S.A. 75-5202. Hutchinson Correctional Facility satisfies this requirement. Hence, it is reasonable to conclude Brown was convicted under K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(a)(7).
K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810 provides: "Aggravated escape from custody is: (a) Escaping while held in lawful custody . . . (7) upon incarceration at a state correctional institution as defined in K.S.A. 75-5202 and amendments thereto, while in the custody of the secretary of corrections."
K.S.A. 21-4710(d)(11) provides:
"Prior convictions of any crime shall not be counted in determining the criminal history category if they enhance the severity level or applicable penalties, elevate the classification from misdemeanor to felony, or are elements of the present crime of conviction. Except as otherwise provided, all other prior convictions will be considered and scored." (Emphasis added.)
In support of his argument, Brown cites State v. Taylor, 262 Kan. 471, 939 P.2d 904 (1997). Although Taylor is helpful in the disposition of the present case, it does not appear to be controlling. Taylor was charged with aggravated escape from custody under K.S.A. 21-3810(a). The Taylor court held that all charges listed in the information for the new crime used to fulfill the element of "in lawful custody" could not be used to enhance a defendant's criminal history pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4710(d)(11), but that all other crimes could, and in fact should, be used to compute the criminal history score under that same statute. 262 Kan. at 479-80.
The key to the rationale in Taylor appears to be a portion of the aggravated escape statute that does not pertain to the present case due to amendment. At the time of Taylor, K.S.A. 21-3810(a) required, inter alia, that the escapee be "in lawful custody upon a charge or conviction of a felony." (Emphasis added). K.S.A. 21-3810(a); 262 Kan. at 479. The statute was later amended to the current version, the version in effect at the time of Brown's escape, in which there are seven alternative scenarios that are to be considered within the ambit of aggravated escape without the use of violence or the threat of violence. See K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(a).
The language "upon a charge or conviction of a felony" is indeed still included within K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(a)(1) but only as one of the seven alternative scenarios under K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(a). K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(a)(7) does not contain this language; instead, it merely requires the escapee to have been incarcerated and in the custody of the secretary of corrections.
"'In Kansas all crimes are statutory and the elements necessary to constitute a crime must be gathered wholly from the statute.'" State v. Smith, 245 Kan. 381, 396, 781 P.2d 666 (1989)(quoting State v. Jackson, 239 Kan. 463, Syl. ¶ 4, 721 P.2d 232 [1986]).
It follows that under K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(a)(1), at least one crime for which an alleged escapee was convicted or charged must serve as an element of aggravated escape per Taylor. Since substantially different language was used in K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(a)(7) and the seven scenarios presented under section (a) are all connected using the conjunction "or," it would belie the plain meaning of that section to require proof of conviction when criminal elements must be derived only from the statute.
It appears that proof of Brown's in-custody status was required by K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 21-3810(a)(7), not proof of a conviction that created that status. Hence, all of Brown's prior convictions were correctly included in his criminal history score. The district court did not err in denying Brown's motion.
1REPORTER'S NOTE: Previously filed as an unpublished opinion, the Supreme Court granted a motion to publish by an order dated November 12, 2003, pursuant to Rule 7.04 (2002 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 46).


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I probably picked the worst day to do my pre-vacation shopping; the weather in Helsinki has warmed up just enough (+1 degrees C) that everything on the ground has turned into a slippery slush:
- Number of times almost doing an unintentional back flip (or other such acrobatics): ~6.
- Number of times sprayed by passing cars: 2 (one of which I saw coming, but couldn't move out of the way...)
This was just walking from Kaisaniemi to Rautatientori (Forum) and back; I still need to pickup a few things at Verkkokauppa. Unfortunately it doesn't look like the slush will be freezing again any time soon (more likely it melts slowly over time) so my vacation has turned out to be quite well timed. I'm leaving on the 10th.
Since I tend not to get out nearly as much as I should, I'm going to attempt to try some things I've never done before. Currently tandem skydiving is something I'm considering; I figure jumping out of an airplane is about as far away from software engineering as you can get. ;-) (Yes, I know about n900fly)
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In partnership with the National Apartment Association, Cortland Partners is presenting a Career Fair Feb. 27 in the Monarch Tower Conference level, located at 3424 Peachtree Road in Buckhead across from Lenox Square. The event is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
February is National Apartment Careers Month, an initiative launched by the National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI) to create awareness and promote the attractive and recession-resistant careers in the apartment industry and to encourage hiring personnel to evaluate talent more effectively.
"We have strategically partnered with the NAAEI to promote national careers month," stated Ed Wolff, chief operating officer and NAAEI board member. "We are hosting a national career fair and offer job shadowing opportunities around the country to promote careers in our industry."
With a motto of Creating Value for a Better Life, Cortland Partners is one of the largest owner/operators of garden-style apartment communities in metro Atlanta. The multi-family real estate firm is seeking to fill site-level positions including managers, assistant managers, leasing associates, maintenance supervisors, maintenance techs and more.
Cortland is looking for experienced men and women to fill approximately 30 positions in the Atlanta area and across the Southern region. Qualified applicants need to bring a resume and proof of residency to the career fair. Cortland Partners provides training and benefits. Cortland Partners is an equal opportunity employer.


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17 bodies found in well in Mexico
Monterrey (Mexico), Jan 31 - Authorities in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon have concluded the work of recovering and identifying a total of 17 bodies found in a well, officials said Wednesday.
All of the victims were associated with the band Kombo Kolombia.
The bodies, the last of which were recovered Tuesday afternoon, were found inside the well at an abandoned ranch in the town of Mina thanks to information from a band member who had escaped from the gunmen that abducted the group last week.
The bodies of the victims - 13 musicians, one of them a Colombian citizen; three assistants; and one sound engineer - have already been handed over to their relatives, the state Attorney General's Office said.
The group performed at a private function at the La Carreta bar - in Hidalgo, a town next to Mina - on Thursday night, just hours before a group of roughly 10 gunmen showed up in four SUVs and kidnapped 18 musicians and crew.
Their relatives reported them missing Friday and authorities launched an investigation. A Kombo Kolombia member who managed to escape from the captors subsequently led police to the well where he said the gunshot victims' bodies had been tossed.
Kombo Kolombia was known for its performances of Colombian music and appeared at the popular Internacional, La Eternidad and El Sabino Gordo clubs, all of which have been attacked by drug cartels.
Authorities have not yet identified a motive.
The main criminal outfits operating in Nuevo Leon are the Gulf and Los Zetas cartels, which have been locked in a years-long, brutal turf war across northern Mexico, Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene said Tuesday. (IANS)
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Sometimes to fight for our rights and for what we believe we have to make tough decisions that most people wouldn't be able to do…
Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist punk rock protest group based in Moscow. They are known for being against the Russian President Putin aggressive and unbarring actions.
In March 2012, three members of the band were arrested and accused of hooliganism. After a lot of media attention and sympathy by the West countries, two of the women who remained in prison for the longest time, were able to finally be free again. The case of Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was adopted by human rights groups and many celebrities showed they support to them.
Now that they are free they have being continued to fight for her rights, beliefs and freedom. In USA, they have been received like rock stars and last Sunday, the two received a proper Hollywood reception during their first-ever visit to Los Angeles.
"At a dinner hosted by director Roland Emmerich, Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova discussed expanding their cause-formerly, to free Russia from Putin's repressive regime-to include advocating for prisoners' rights with an N.G.O. called Zona Prava. They were stirred to protect prisoners after being imprisoned themselves for 21 months-for staging an anti-Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral-and being subjected to gulag-like conditions, including daily 16-hour shifts in the jail's sewing factory in between beatings and periods of food deprivation."
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l would like to thank all of you that came out..and those who have supported the cause with online bidding and just spreading the word. l had a blast..and l have never boogied so much while drawing..l wish l could have stayed all day but the first shift was great for me....thanks to all the new friends l met,,as well as some old ones...makes me want to do it again...Bless you all..it was AMAZING.
this event was world wide...l was glad to do my part here in Toronto...l was with some amazing artists and l was just blessed to be amongst them. all shows should be this much fun...
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Recapping the offseason roster moves by all 30 teamsby Adam Kimelman
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It's been a long offseason for NHL fans, but with the lockout over, the skates are being sharpened and the pucks are ready to be dropped as training camps prepare to open around the League.
Because it's been several months since fans last saw their favorite teams on the ice, NHL.com has this simple team-by-team primer to remind fans what's happened since the Los Angeles Kings beat the New Jersey Devils to win the Stanley Cup back in June.
|The biggest news was the announcement that star forward Teemu Selanne would return for another season. The 42-year-old Finnish Flash enters the season 19th on the all-time scoring list, but just 17 points behind No. 15 Bryan Trottier. The Ducks also brought in free-agent defensemen Sheldon Souray and Bryan Allen and forward Daniel Winnik. Leaving were forward George Parros and defenseman Sheldon Brookbank.
|The Bruins will have a new starting goalie, as Tuukka Rask replaces Tim Thomas, who is sitting out the 2012-13 season. Rask has experience as a starter -- in 2009-10 he led the League with a 1.97 goals-against average and .931 save percentage -- and he's been a reliable backup the last two seasons. Defenseman Joe Corvo and forward Benoit Pouliot departed, but center Chris Kelly was re-signed.
|The Sabres tried to get bigger and tougher over the summer, highlighted by the acquisition of forward Steve Ott from Dallas in exchange for center Derek Roy. Forward Tyler Ennis was re-signed, and free-agent forward John Scott signed on. Mikhail Grigorenko and Zemgus Girgensons, Buffalo's first-round picks in the 2012 NHL Draft, could compete for roster spots.
|Bob Hartley, hired to replace Brent Sutter, finally will get to open his first training camp. The two big off-season additions were Jiri Hudler and Dennis Wideman. Hudler will replace the departed Olli Jokinen as Jarome Iginla's top lieutenant in supplying offense -- he had a career-best 25 goals last season. Wideman, a defenseman who signed a five-year contract after the Flames acquired his rights from Washington, had 11 goals and 46 points last season. Also signed was talented Czech center Roman Cervenka, who could earn a spot on one of the team's top two lines.
|The Hurricanes took the League lead in Staal brothers by acquiring Jordan from Pittsburgh in June. He could play on a line with older brother Eric or center the Hurricanes' second unit. They also upgraded their offense by signing free-agent forward Alexander Semin to a one-year deal. Joe Corvo was added on the back end for his third tour of duty in Carolina.
|The biggest offseason news for the Blackhawks could be the return to full health of star forward Marian Hossa, who sustained a concussion in Game 3 of Chicago's first-round playoff series on a hard hit from Phoenix's Raffi Torres. Chicago also added a pair of veterans on defense in Sheldon Brookbank and Michal Rozsival.
|The Avs dipped into the free-agent pool for forward PA Parenteau, hoping his career-best season in 2011-12 -- 18 goals and 67 points in 80 games for the Islanders -- was just the start of a fruitful NHL career. Also added in free agency were rugged blueliner Greg Zanon and depth forward John Mitchell. Peter Mueller left for Florida. In September the team named then-19-year-old forward Gabriel Landeskog as the youngest captain in NHL history.
|The biggest offseason addition might be new president of hockey operations John Davidson. The hope in Columbus is Davidson can engineer the same kind of turnaround he helped put together in St. Louis. That starts with Todd Richards, who returns for his first full season as coach after replacing Scott Arniel last January. The Rick Nash saga finally came to an end with his trade to the New York Rangers, and the franchise can see what it has in forwards Brandon Dubinsky and Artem Anisimov, and defenseman Tim Erixon, who came to Columbus in the deal. Sergei Bobrovsky was acquired from Philadelphia to compete with Steve Mason for the starting job in goal, Nick Foligno came from Ottawa in a trade for defenseman Marc Methot, and Adrian Aucoin was signed to supply a veteran presence on defense.
|GM Joe Nieuwendyk had an extremely busy summer. He sent top-line center Mike Ribeiro to Washington in June in exchange for top prospect Cody Eakin, then replaced Ribeiro up front by acquiring Derek Roy from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for forward Steve Ott. Nieuwendyk then surprised many by signing a pair of 40-year-old forwards -- Ray Whitney and Jaromir Jagr. Defenseman Sheldon Souray left for Anaheim, but the Stars signed Aaron Rome away from Vancouver to replace him.
|It's impossible to replace what the Wings lost when seven-time Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom announced his retirement. The Wings also lost Brad Stuart, who had his rights traded to San Jose. Carlo Colaiacovo was signed away from St. Louis to eat up some of the minutes left by their departures. Beyond the on-ice contributions, the Wings also need to find a new captain. Detroit did add toughness over the summer by signing bruising forward Jordin Tootoo away from Nashville. Jiri Hudler left for Calgary, but the Wings believe they found his replacement by re-signing Mikael Samuelsson, who had 14 goals and 31 points last season with Vancouver and Florida. They also added Damien Brunner, who led the Swiss league in scoring in 2011-12. Former Toronto goalie Jonas Gustavsson was signed to back up Jimmy Howard.
|The Oilers won one of the biggest free-agent prizes over the summer when they signed 21-year-old defenseman Justin Schultz. He has lived up to the hype playing for the club's American Hockey League affiliate in Oklahoma City, ranking among the league leaders in scoring and leading all AHL defenseman in goals and points. Nail Yakupov, the first pick of the 2012 NHL Draft, will be given the chance to win a roster spot in training camp. Rather than overhaul the roster for new coach Ralph Krueger, the Oilers opted to re-sign a number of players, including forward Sam Gagner, defensemen Theo Peckham and Jeff Petry, and goalie Devan Dubnyk.
|After overhauling their roster during the summer of 2011, the Panthers had a quieter offseason this time. Last season's second-leading goal-scorer, Kris Versteeg, was re-signed, Peter Mueller was added to boost the offense following the departure of Mikael Samuelsson, and Filip Kuba was signed to fill the void on the blue line left by Jason Garrison leaving for Vancouver. George Parros was signed away from Anaheim to add toughness.
|Besides celebrating with the Stanley Cup, the Kings spent the summer ensuring that every member of their Stanley Cup-winning roster would return. That meant new contracts for forwards Dustin Penner and Dwight King, as well as a long-term extension for goaltender Jonathan Quick. However, Quick had back surgery over the summer, so his availability for the start of the season remains in question.
|No team made a bigger splash during the summer than the Wild, who stunned the hockey world July 4 by signing forward Zach Parise and defenseman Ryan Suter to identical 13-year contracts. Other veterans added were forwards Torrey Mitchell, Zenon Konopka and Jake Dowell, while defenseman Greg Zanon and forward Guillaume Latendresse departed. The Wild also have an exciting group of youngsters who should compete for roster spots after starring for Minnesota's AHL team in Houston this season, including forwards Mikael Granlund, Charlie Coyle and Johan Larsson, defenseman Jonas Brodin and goalie Matt Hackett.
|The rebuilding from last season's 15th-place finish in the Eastern Conference started in the front office with a new GM in Marc Bergevin and a new coach in Michel Therrien. Forwards Lars Eller and Blake Geoffrion were re-signed, but Geoffrion's future is uncertain after he suffered a fractured skull during an AHL game. Brandon Prust and Colby Armstrong were signed to add toughness. Alex Galchenyuk, the third pick in the 2012 NHL Draft, could get a shot to win a job in training camp.
|It was a tough offseason for the Predators and their top defense pair. Ryan Suter left for Minnesota, and Nashville then had to match a 14-year offer sheet Shea Weber signed with Philadelphia. Retaining their captain and franchise blueliner was a major commitment for the team, which also re-signed forwards Paul Gaustad, Colin Wilson and Sergei Kostitsyn. Scott Hannan was signed to add a veteran presence on the back end. Backup goalie Anders Lindback was traded to Tampa Bay; to replace him, the team signed former Predator Chris Mason.
|After their surprise run to the Stanley Cup Final, the Devils bid farewell to team captain Zach Parise, who signed a 13-year contract with Minnesota. The team was able to re-sign defenseman Bryce Salvador, and goaltender Martin Brodeur signed a new two-year contract. His backup, Johan Hedberg, also was re-signed. Defensemen Matthew Corrente and Mark Fayne also signed new deals, though Corrente is out for the season after shoulder surgery. Alexei Ponikarovsky left for Winnipeg, but the team signed former Ottawa forward Bobby Butler. The coaching staff also took some hits with the departures of highly respected assistants Adam Oates, who was hired as Washington coach, and Larry Robinson, who took an assistant job with San Jose. In their place, Devils Hall of Fame defenseman Scott Stevens will become a full-time assistant coach. He had been a special-assignment coach the past few seasons.
|The big news this summer was the team's impending move to Brooklyn for the 2015-16 season. The Isles lost forward PA Parenteau, who signed with Colorado, and added Brad Boyes, who had 23 points in 2011-12 but is poised for a bounce-back season. Griffin Reinhart, the fourth pick in the 2012 NHL Draft, could get a chance to win a roster spot in training camp, as could 2011 first-rounder Ryan Strome. The Isles also hope to have veteran defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky, who was acquired from Anaheim in June but has said he wants to stay home and play in Slovakia.
|The Rangers made the biggest trade-related splash of the offseason, acquiring Rick Nash from Columbus. But the cost was three young players -- forwards Artem Anisimov and Brandon Dubinsky, and defenseman Tim Erixon. Leading goal-scorer Marian Gaborik, who had shoulder surgery in June, has recovered and should be ready for the start of the season. In free agency, the team signed forwards Jeff Halpern, Taylor Pyatt, Arron Asham and Micheal Haley, while losing forwards Brandon Prust, Ruslan Fedotenko, John Mitchell and John Scott. On defense the team re-signed Stu Bickell, Steve Eminger and Anton Stralman; Michael Sauer (concussion symptoms) remains sidelined after missing most of last season.
|The biggest offseason news was the announcement by team captain Daniel Alfredsson that he will return for another season. Alfredsson had 27 goals last season, the most he's had since 2007-08. The team lost Filip Kuba and Matt Carkner from the blue line, but signed defenseman Mike Lundin and added Marc Methot from Columbus in exchange for Nick Foligno. Forwards Zenon Konopka and Bobby Butler left, but Guillaume Latendresse was signed; he and 2011 first-round pick Mika Zibanejad, who has been playing his first North American season in the AHL, will get chances to play big roles.
|The Flyers went big after restricted free-agent defenseman Shea Weber, but saw the Predators match the 14-year, $110 million offer sheet they signed him to in late July. The Flyers also lost a pair of their own free agents, with defenseman Matt Carle signing with Tampa Bay and forward Jaromir Jagr departing for Dallas. They also traded backup goalie Sergei Bobrovsky to Columbus for three draft picks. Michael Leighton, who spent all of last season in the AHL, was re-signed and likely will be the backup for Ilya Bryzgalov. To add to the back end, the Flyers acquired defenseman Luke Schenn from Toronto in exchange for forward James van Riemsdyk. They also signed forward Ruslan Fedotenko and defenseman Bruno Gervais.
|The key word for the Coyotes could be stability. The ownership situation gained clarity as Greg Jamison had his lease deal approved with the city of Glendale, Ariz., a major hurdle in his quest to purchase the team. Also, the Coyotes were able to re-sign long-time captain Shane Doan to a new four-year contract. They also re-acquired defenseman Zbynek Michalek from Pittsburgh in exchange for two prospects and a draft pick -- a move that should make up for the loss in free agency of veteran blueliners Adrian Aucoin and Michal Rozsival. Also brought in was veteran forward Steve Sullivan, who should step into the role left by departing forward Ray Whitney. Forward Taylor Pyatt left for the New York Rangers.
|After losing in the first round of the playoffs, the Penguins had a busy summer. They traded center Jordan Staal to Carolina for the eighth pick of the 2012 NHL Draft and two players -- including forward Brandon Sutter, who likely will slot into Staal's third-line center spot. The Penguins also dealt defenseman Zbynek Michalek to Phoenix and acquired goalie Tomas Vokoun from Washington. Forwards Arron Asham and Steve Sullivan and goalie Brent Johnson were not re-signed. The Pens signed forwards Benn Ferriero, Philippe Dupuis and Tanner Glass, along with defenseman Dylan Reese.
|The Sharks upgraded on defense with the trade and signing of Brad Stuart, and got tougher with the signing of Adam Burish. The only key departures were forwards Benn Ferriero and Daniel Winnik. Sharks GM Doug Wilson elected to bring back coach Todd McLellan after the team finished seventh in the Western Conference and was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. To help McLellan -- and the rest of the team -- Wilson hired Hall of Famer Larry Robinson as an assistant.
|The Blues re-signed building-block forwards T.J. Oshie for five years and David Perron for four, and brought back Jamie Langenbrunner. They also signed 2010 first-round pick Vladimir Tarasenko, who could be a major contributor this season. Center Jason Arnott was not re-signed, and defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo left as a free agent to sign with Detroit. However, the biggest loss likely will come in the front office, as team president John Davidson left for a similar position with Columbus.
|GM Steve Yzerman wasted little time trying to fix his team's goaltending issues, acquiring Anders Lindback from Nashville on June 15 and signing him to a two-year contract. Veteran Mathieu Garon was re-signed as his backup, and 43-year-old Dwayne Roloson wasn't signed. Also added in free agency were defensemen Matt Carle, Sami Salo and Matt Taormina, and forward Benoit Pouliot, while forward B.J. Crombeen was acquired via a trade with St. Louis. Veteran defenseman Mattias Ohlund is a question mark as he attempts to come back from a knee injury that kept him out all of last season.
|The Leafs added to their offense with the acquisition of James van Riemsdyk from Philadelphia. The cost was high -- defenseman Luke Schenn -- and GM Brian Burke said he wants to start van Riemsdyk at center, a position he hasn't played since college. The Leafs allowed goalie Jonas Gustavsson to leave and re-signed Ben Scrivens, who led the Toronto Marlies to the AHL Calder Cup Finals. However, there could be more goalie news coming, as the Leafs reportedly are interested in trading for Vancouver's Roberto Luongo. Forwards Nikolai Kulemin and Matt Frattin were re-signed, and Jay McClement was signed away from Colorado. Forward Colby Armstrong left to sign with Montreal.
|The offseason was dominated by talk of Robert Luongo's future, as the goaltender told GM Mike Gillis he would waive his no-trade clause for the right deal. While that was going on, the team re-signed goalie Eddie Lack, who could emerge as Cory Schneider's backup depending on what happens with Luongo. The team also spent big to sign defenseman Jason Garrison away from Florida with a six-year contract. With Garrison in place, the team allowed veteran blueliner Sami Salo to leave -- he signed with Tampa Bay.
|The Caps re-signed defensemen John Carlson and Mike Green, and forwards Jay Beagle and Mathieu Perreault. Mike Ribeiro was acquired from Dallas in June to center the second line. The biggest departure was Alexander Semin, who took his high-end offensive skills to Carolina. With Dale Hunter's departure after the playoffs, the Caps hired Adam Oates as their new coach. He's the fifth straight coach the Caps have hired who had no NHL head coaching experience prior to taking the job.
|The search for offense led the Jets to free-agent forwards Olli Jokinen and Alexei Ponikarovsky. Jokinen had a nice bounce-back season in 2011-12 with the Flames, with 23 goals and 61 points. Backing up Ondrej Pavelec -- who enters the first season of the five-year extension he signed in late June -- will be Al Montoya, who replaces the departed Chris Mason. The team could start the season without defenseman Zach Bogosian, who had wrist surgery in late August, though he's started skating again.


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There are many ways to solve any problem using the One-Der architecture. For example, conditional bus transfers allow you to make decisions. But functional units might use other methods. For example, the loop unit requires you to move a subunit into the program counter. The value of the subunit will vary depending on if the loop is complete or not.
Each unit receives a clock signal and the inverted clock (useful for the Xilinx stock memory which always looks for a rising edge). There is also an alternating phase signal that provides two distinct clock pulses (four clock edges, since the CPU works on both edges of the clock). The clock cycles have the following purposes:
- Clock A: rising edge, phase=0 -- Latch instruction from program memory, early decode
- Clock B: falling edge, phase=0 -- Set up memory addresses for reading, late decoding
- Clock C: rising edge, phase=1 -- Place source data on bus
- Clock D: falling edge, phase=1 -- Place bus into destination, update program counter, etc.
The CPU uses program information in clock B for some units (mostly those requiring time to set up memory transfers) and in clock C for others. This isn't strictly necessary, but it helps the Xilinx tools perform better since there s more time for signals to propagate for most functional units.
Functional units can be simple or complex. If a functional unit needs more than one bus cycle you can easily stall the bus by asserting the dta line in the functional unit. You can implement bus stalls in several ways. For example, suppose you develop a pipelined multiplier functional unit that requires 64 clock cycles to operate. One approach would be to stall the bus when the final operand is sent to the unit. Or you might prefer to let the unit calculate and only stall the bus if the program attempts to read the result before the pipeline completes.
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Listing 2 shows a simple monitor program that allows direct exploration of the One-Der architecture. Of course, you have to share resources with the monitor software. The monitor lets you manually key in small programs or manually set and read functional units.
;; Simple "monitor" for One-Der ;; Williams 1 March 2009 ;; assume default stack is ok ORG 0 ;; Registers used for fast subroutine calls ##define CRLF 60 ##define HEXO8 61 ##define USEND 62 ##define READHEX 63 ;; data registers ##define HEXNUM 59 ;; Put something on the display so we know we are running LDRIQ 0x1234,FIO_DISP ;; init common subroutine calls LDRIQ crlf,R(CRLF) LDRIQ hexout8,R(HEXO8) LDRIQ uartsend,R(USEND) LDRIQ readhex,R(READHEX) ;; Print a string to the terminal (kill this for more room) CALLQ banner top: LDRIQ '?', FACC ; prompt CALLR USEND LDRIQ ' ', FACC ; note that call clobbers FIMM CALLR USEND CALLQ uartrx ; get a character CALLR USEND ; echo ;; we know about several commands ;; fu: ;; p x - print x ;; s xy - set y=x (note no spaces so s 0fe1fe for example) ;; c n y - set y=n (constant) ;; reg: ;; d r - print r ;; r n r - set r=n (constant) ;; f add data...<esc> - Write to flash (working) ;; g add - Call address ;; v add count - view flash add ;; you can backspace in a number as long as you haven't ;; entered a character <'0' yet ;; Vector for each command ;; check for p MOV FACC,FACC2 LDRIQ 'p',FACC_SUB LDIQ print MOVZ FIMMV,FPC ;; check for v MOV FACC2,FACC LDRIQ 'v',FACC_SUB LDIQ view MOVZ FIMMV,FPC ;; check for f MOV FACC2, FACC LDRIQ 'f',FACC_SUB LDIQ flash MOVZ FIMMV,FPC ;; check for s MOV FACC2, FACC LDRIQ 's',FACC_SUB LDIQ setfu MOVZ FIMMV,FPC ;; check for c MOV FACC2, FACC LDRIQ 'c', FACC_SUB LDIQ setfucon MOVZ FIMMV,FPC ;; check for d MOV FACC2, FACC LDRIQ 'd', FACC_SUB LDIQ dispreg MOVZ FIMMV,FPC ;; check for r MOV FACC2, FACC LDRIQ 'r', FACC_SUB LDIQ setreg MOVZ FIMMV,FPC ;; check for g MOV FACC2, FACC LDRIQ 'g', FACC_SUB LDIQ go MOVZ FIMMV,FPC ;; not found JMPQ top ;; View flash view: CALLR READHEX ; read address MOV FACC2, FPC_PGMRDADD CALLR READHEX ; read count ;; Set up loop MOV FACC2, FLOOP_IEND MOV FZERO, FLOOP_I MOV FONE, FLOOP_IINC LDRIQ viewloop, FLOOP_IADD viewloop: MOV FZERO, FPC_PGMRD ; read flash MOV FIMMV, FACC ; print CALLR HEXO8 LDRIQ ' ', FACC ; space between words CALLR USEND MOV FLOOP_IADD,FPC ; loop CALLR CRLF ; done JMPQ top ;; Call a user subroutine go: CALLR READHEX ; get address MOV FACC2,FPC_CALL ; do it JMPQ top ; done ;; Set a register to a constant setreg: CALLR READHEX ; get constant PUSH FACC2 CALLR READHEX ; get register # LDRIQ 0xFFF,FACC2_AND LDRIQ 0x1008000,FACC2_OR ; build instruction to exec JMPQ setfu0 ; from here out, same as setting a FU ;; printa register dispreg: CALLR READHEX ; which register? LDRIQ 12,FACC2_SHL LDRIQ 0xFFF000,FACC2_AND ; get legit part LDRIQ 0x2000002, FACC2_OR ; build instruction JMPQ dispexec ; from here out, same as printing FU ;; Set a Functional unit ;; Note this just sort of execs one instruction setfu: CALLR READHEX ; get src and dest (e.g., 0fe002 is switch->acc) JMPQ setfu0 ; from here out, same as set FU constant setfucon: CALLR READHEX ; get constant PUSH FACC2 CALLR READHEX ; get destination LDRIQ 0xFFF,FACC2_AND ; build instruction LDRIQ 0x008000,FACC2_OR setfu0: ; execute instruction MOV FACC2,FPC_WDATA LDRIQ execute,FPC_WADD MOV FZERO,FPC_WRITE POP FACC2 CALLQ execute JMPQ top ;; Print an FU print: CALLR READHEX ; which FU? MOV FACC2,FACC ; print fu address:value CALLR HEXO8 LDRIQ ':',FACC CALLR USEND LDRIQ 12,FACC2_SHL LDRIQ 0xFFF000,FACC2_AND ; get legit part LDRIQ 0x002, FACC2_OR ; build instruction dispexec: MOV FACC2,FPC_WDATA ; execute instruction and print LDRIQ execute,FPC_WADD MOV FZERO,FPC_WRITE CALLQ execute CALLR HEXO8 CALLR CRLF JMPQ top ;; write to flash flash: CALLR READHEX ; Get address MOV FACC2,FPC_WADD flashloop: MOV FPC_WADD,FIO_DISP ; echo address to LED display CALLR READHEX ; get data value (FACC2 is value FACC is terminator) LDRIQ 0x1B,FACC_SUB ; test for Esc JMPZQ top MOV FACC2,FPC_WDATA ; write data MOV FZERO,FPC_WRITE JMPQ flashloop ; and loop ;; Several commands have to execute a dynamic instruction ;; So the monitor builds a command and places it here ;; and then calls execute execute: ; this is how we overwrite flash MOV FZERO,FZERO RET ;; Canned routines for UART, etc. ##include library.inc ;; print a stored banner banner: LDRIQ message,FPC_PGMRDADD bann1: MOV FZERO,FPC_PGMRD MOV FIMMV,FACC RETZ CALLR USEND JMPQ bann1 message: ; note stringpack crams text into words ;; while string outputs individual bytes STRING "1Mon" DATA 13 DATA 10 DATA 0 END
What's next for One-Der? There's an endless number of functional units that could be written, of course. In addition, I have plans to add time-based, external, and debugging interrupts. An external memory interface is also in the works. However, I'm close to shifting gears to think more about tools. A simple example would be a "wizard" style interface to select functional units and generate a custom instance of One-Der. I'm even more interested in working on compiler support to automatically select the optimum number and types of units. Perhaps one day, a One-Der savvy compiler would even take advantage of the ability to partially reconfigure the FPGA to change the functional unit distribution on the fly!
Even so, One-Der is imminently usable as it is. Unlike many other FPGA CPU cores, this one is very simple to customize even if you aren't an expert on its internals. Applications that can benefit from custom instruction in hardware -- things like digital signal processing, for example -- are ideal for One-Der since you can implement parts of your algorithm in hardware and then easily integrate those parts with the CPU.
- Xilinx – http://www.xilinx.com
- Digilent – http://www.digilentinc.com (Note: One-Der was developed on a "Spartan 3 Starter Board" with an XS3C1000 device. The default configuration uses an XS3C200.)


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Actress Jane Lynch's estranged wife is demanding almost $94,000 a month in spousal support following the breakdown of their marriage earlier this year.
The "Glee" star separated from Dr. Lara Embry in February, and filed for divorce in July, citing "irreconcilable differences."
Embry responded to the filing by asking for financial help, and new legal documents obtained by TMZ.com reveal that she is seeking the cash to help her maintain the luxury lifestyle she had become accustomed to while married to the comedienne.
Embry claims Lynch only had $400,000 in savings when they wed in May, 2010, but the star's average monthly income has swelled to nearly $235,000 in the past three years, due to her "newfound acting success."
She alleges the actress paid for everything during their relationship, and they typically racked up $40,000 a month on credit cards.


text: The first and most important job of a picture-book illustration is to tell a story, of course—to take either a written or an implied narrative and give it depth, breadth, visual richness of meaning. But a picture-book illustration is also a piece of art all by itself. From the collages of Christiane Krömer to the woodcuts of Ashley Wolff, from the watercolored etchings of Arthur Geisert to the traditional Gond patterns of Bhajju Shyam and more, the range of media and styles offers what many museums do. We've gathered a handful of recent books that offer illustrations you might find yourself wishing you could cut out of the book and put into frames.


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• The Schedule
Friday, April 6, 2012 at Anderson Family Field
UC Santa Barbara (15-23, 2-1) at Cal State Fullerton (14-17, 2-1), 4 & 6 pm
All-time series record vs. Titans: 10-96
Last time vs. Fullerton: L, 3-2 (April 2, 2011)
Live Stats • Audio • Video
Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Anderson Family Field
UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Fullerton, 12 pm
Live Stats • Audio
Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Campus Diamond
UC Santa Barbara vs. Cal State Bakersfield (8-26), 1:30 & 3:30 pm
All-time series record vs. Roadrunners: 17-9
Last time vs. Bakersfield: W, 11-1 (April 13, 2011)
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• This Week in Gaucho Softball
UC Santa Barbara will continue Big West Conference action this week when it travels to Cal State Fullerton for a three game series on Friday and Saturday. The Gauchos will return home for a doubleheader against Cal State Bakersfield on Tuesday, which will mark their final pair of nonconference games this season.
• Weekend Rewind
The Gauchos got out to a strong start in conference play as they won two of three games against visiting Long Beach State last weekend. After edging the 49ers, 5-4, in game one, the Gauchos fell, 3-0, in the second game. UCSB was able to come from behind in game three and seal the series victory with a 3-1 win.
• Battling The Big West
Last weekend marked the first time since the 2009 season that the Gauchos opened Big West play with a series win and just the second series win against the 49ers for head coach Brie Galicinao, who is in her fifth year leading the program. After one week of league play, UCSB is in a four-way tie for first place with Cal State Fullerton, UC Davis and Cal State Northridge.
• Figuring Out Fullerton
Cal State Fullerton is coming off of a series win over Cal Poly. The team has gone 14-17 overall and 2-1 in league play. The Gauchos will be looking to secure their first series win against the Titans since 2008 and just their third all-time. UCSB has never swept a series against Fullerton. The Titans won last year's series two games to one and all three games were decided by just one run.
• Taking On The Best
The Gauchos have played 11 games against teams in the ESPN.com/USA Softball and NFCA Top-25 polls and have played another four games against teams that were receiving votes at the time of the contest. UCSB has gone 2-9 in these contests. The tough schedule is reflected in the Gauchos' ranking as No. 101 among all NCAA Division I programs in the NCAA's Rating Percentage Index.
• Some Much Needed Wisdom
Freshman pitcher Shelby Wisdom had an excellent week in the circle for the Gauchos. She appeared in five of UCSB's six games and recorded a 3-1 record with a 0.43 ERA. In the series against the 49ers, she pitched all but 1.1 innings and allowed just two earned runs while striking out 19. She posted a career-best 12 strikeouts in the series opener. She has improved to 10-10 on the year with a 3.01 ERA. Her 137 strikeouts already rank as the most in a single season by a Gaucho since 2007 when Jennifer Davis had 216. Wisdom leads all Big West pitchers in innings pitched (144.1), appearances (30) and batters struck out looking (36). She is second in strikeouts and wins.
• Attack Of The Mak
Sophomore McKenzie Kane extended her hitting streak to a career-best 14 games before it was snapped in game two against the 49ers. The streak marked the longest by a Gaucho since current assistant coach Christine Ramos went 14 straight games with a hit in 2009. Kane leads the team with a .314 batting average and 16 runs scored. Her 32 hits rank ninth in the Big West.
• Speedy Soria
While Kane's streak may have ended, junior Jessica Soria has extended her current hitting streak to nine games. This is her second nine-game streak this season. The center fielder leads the Gauchos with 38 hits, which ranks fourth in the league. She is also tops on the team, and in the league, with 16 stolen bases.
• Moving On Up
Junior Keilani Jennings is making her mark in the UCSB career record book. She is tied for eighth in doubles (26), tied for seventh in home runs (17) and needs two more RBI (68) to crack the top-10. Jennings led the Gauchos during their conference-opening series, batting .500 (3-for-6) during the weekend. She also tallied a run and two walks.
• The Galicinao File
Now in her fifth season at the helm of the UCSB softball program, head coach Brie Galicinao has coached the Gauchos to a 113-135 record for a .456 winning percentage, the second best since the softball program went Division I in 1982.
• Big Start To The Big West
As previously mentioned, Shelby Wisdom's pitching helped lead the Gauchos to last weekend's conference wins over Long Beach State. Wisdom and fellow hurler Andriana Collins teamed up to post a 0.67 ERA during the weekend, which topped all other league teams. Their two earned runs and five walks were also the fewest allowed. The stellar pitching compensated for a lackluster Gaucho offense, which posted a league-low .182 batting average, 12 hits and 15 total bases. UCSB did lead the league with 11 walks, five of which were earned by Kathryn Pilipil.
• Running Down The Roadrunners
Cal State Bakersfield will face Loyola Marymount in four games this weekend before traveling to Santa Barbara on Tuesday. The Roadrunners currently carry an 8-26 record. The Gauchos defeated the Roadrunners in a twin bill last year in Bakersfield
• Next Up: Handling The Highlanders
After Tuesday's brief return to Campus Diamond to host Cal State Bakersfield, the Gauchos will once again hit the road for Big West play. The weekend of April 14 and 15, UCSB will visit UC Riverside for a three-game set beginning on Saturday with a noon doubleheader.


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As we've come to expect from Scythe, the built quality is excellent. With it's unusual design Scythe has once again proven to be innovative and now, even ITX case owners have a choice for a 3rd party cooler.
With only 250g and 40mm height (about 43mm mounted) the cooler is more powerfull than we have expected just by the looks of it. The mounting is not as easy, but as long as you don't need to change the CPU all the time, it's easy enough.
The sweet spot for such a product are CPUs up to 65W TDP; higher TDPs are possible but it would also cause much more noise. In our tests, the cooler kept the temperatures down to acceptable levels without doing any noticeable noise. Also consider we did test with Prime95 and most applications don't come close to the CPU-load Prime95 does.
Of course such quality has its price and is now on sale for about €25,-/$32,- which is not quite a bargain. However, due to it's unique design and the quality Scythe delivers we have no other choice but to recommend it. If you need a cooler for your ITX or µATX case, don't look further, because the Kozuti is as good as it gets.
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Within his taciturn coming-of-middle-age melodrama, debut author Whalen includes a veritable dictionary of first world problems.
Craig Duffy, divorced and childless, lives in Florida with his lovable canine, Detective Green (named for the character from Law & Order). He loudly resents supporting an aging father with increasing dementia. His mother has died, his sister lives in what he sees as blissful detachment across the country, and he's prone to making melancholy, pseudophilosophical remarks—"now is a particle not a wave"—about how caring for an ill parent affects an adult child, especially how it affects that child's job and personal freedom. With Craig's days interrupted by his father's condition and problems reaching a crescendo at work, he decides to hit the road with Dad—from suburban Florida down to the Keys. On the way, they spend time talking and playing cards and visiting strip bars with old friends. Ironically, along with taking care of his senile father, Whalen's protagonist must contend with his own delayed maturity. Craig calls himself "refreshingly immature"; he frequently uses the words "awesome" and "douchey" and is still trying to "soothe the wounds of youth," which are menial at their most severe. This sometimes makes for funny and depressing miniature lectures on varied topics: the afterlife, Floridians, accounting, genetics, simulated reality, the caliber of the Subaru Outback. The book's resolution is swift and forced, and Craig himself experiences the greatest solace from a brief encounter with a Hulk Hogan-like former wrestler named Tank Tonnigan and from some dating advice he gets from a TV personality that helps him court a new lady in town.
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"Those Old Memories" will include stories, photographs, genealogy, scrapbooking, recipes, and interesting history of my family. Some family surnames: Troyer, Gardner, Moore, Hopkins, Allen, Amsberry, McPherson, Wyatt, Godfrey, Lee, Henley, Cutbirth, Tudor, Gustafsson, Larson, Hellgren, Farley, Harshbarger, Harvey, McComsey, Johnston, Hyndman, and Buchanan.
Friday, April 24, 2009
RESEARCHING MY SWEDISH GENEALOGY - PART 1 - "Using Maps To Lay A Foundation"
When I started down the road to find my husbands Swedish ancestors, I never dreamed that I would become obsessed with finding these people that we had very little knowledge of and had never known. As I began this journey, I discovered that maps could play a major role in solving some pieces of this mystery and thus using them has become a big part of my quest towards the discovery of these ancestors. One can easily get so engrossed in antique map study that consequently sometimes I must remind myself of the original goal of finding the elusive LARSON and ANDERSON ancestors!
For nearly 50 years now there has been genealogists in my husband's family who have searched for our Swedish relatives. First was Aunt Hazel. She began the research on this family including those who were her Great Grandparents. Nearly all research at that time and for many years forward was strictly hands on and involved a lot of legwork. Aunt Hazel's work has given us some wonderful records to work with. Her sister, Kathleen, who is also my Mother-in-law, picked up the cause and worked hand-in-hand with Hazel through the years. Kathleen worked tirelessly for several years, pouring over records in the Mesa, Arizona Library while she lived there and she now works almost every day at her computer, still doing her research. Over time, many little bits and pieces have been added to our Swedish records but they have come painstakingly slow for a variety of reasons.
Finding good records and especially MAPS was difficult at best. Kathleen was able to copy a few early maps while in Mesa and this helped us to begin to find our way. Two pictures with scant information and a couple of birth records are about all we started out with. Great Grandpa Larson and his wife "Minnie" did not seem to talk a whole lot about their life back in Sweden and as most people, brought only a few personal things with them as they immigrated to the United States. We had places of birth for them so that has been the starting point on my map quest and studies. Floby and Falkoping, Skaraborgs Lan, Sweden.
Our Great Grandfather , Frederick Albert (Gustafson) Larson,was born May 24, 1867 Falkoping, Sweden and emmigrated from Goteborg, Sweden to the United States in 1888. He first arrived and went to the Illinois area where his brother, John(Johann) had come before him. Last names of Gustafson and Larson had been used and to complicate matters, John changed his last name to Hellgren. Already we had confusing usage of different Patronymic names and then Hellgren was added to the mix. Both brothers married Anderson sisters who also had come from Sweden. Frederick Larson married Wilhelmina "Minnie" Anderson who was born July 25, 1869 in Falkoping, Sweden. They married on Dec 2, 1891 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. John had been born in Floby, Sweden and married Christina Anderson abt. 1886- we believe prior to coming to America. We are lucky enough to have a photo of Gustaf Larson and Clara Edlund who were the parents of Frederick Larson and John (Gustafson) Hellgren. We also have a photo thought to be another sister(with her family) to "Minnie" and Christina Anderson. We believe they probably stayed in Sweden so this quest may eventually lead to many cousins!
As I have now begun the next phase of the search for our elusive Swedish ancestors, I have made an effort to learn all that I can about my ancestors where they came from, language, how they might have lived, why they left their homeland. This ultimately is a quest to find their parents and extended families. Using maps as a starting point has already rewarded me with great new clues and has had the added bonus of imparting more education and exercising the brain cells!
Early Swedish maps are hard to find especially involving specific time periods or dates. A few days ago, a great new website came online. WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY is free, quite different and offers some great digital maps, photos, and documents from around the world. In looking under the Europe>Sweden section, I found a wonderful old map "The Kingdom of Sweden" dating from 1797. This is just the right time frame for covering the approximate dates that I will be primarily researching within. I was able to pinpoint the locations of both of our town sites. This great map also has illustrations of topographical features and shows the locations of established church parishes.You can read more about this great new site at the Genealogy Insider blog for Family Tree Magazine. The study of topography of an area can often help to determine how people moved around or may have interacted. Marriages often involved people from other neighboring communities within a small geographic area and land barriers played important roles that affected the interaction of those communities. Using the topographical features of a map, often helps to solve mysteries of where and why ancestors moved.
Google Earth and Google Maps are both very useful for showing the beautiful topographic features of the land. You can see the awesome land features with great clarity. Rivers and streams usually change course over time so I have been using both old maps and the new technology together to get a better overall perspective.
As I am part of the You Go Genealogy Girls Team and will soon be heading to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, I have studied their catalog for listings of maps on Sweden. In preparation I have printed off papers listing all the call numbers and locations of the maps that I want to study while there. Some are in book form and many are on microfilm. This will save several hours of "catalog" time while there, allowing me more time in other search areas.
Knowing much more about the land and the neighboring communities should help me to be more successful in locating hard to find records. If I should be unsuccessful finding records in the locations that I believe are the most likely- I can then easily branch out into the nearest village or parish area. Knowing the geography and topography beforehand may save several hours or even days of precious time trying to figure out where to look next.
As I progress forward with my Swedish family research I will share with you what I hope will be a successful journey to find my husband's GG Grandparents and other ancestors.
Watch for PART 2 of this post: RESEARCHING MY SWEDISH GENEALOGY - "Strategic Plans and Finding the Records".
In PART 2, I will use the knowledge I have gained through the awesome help provided by You Go Genealogy Girl #1 - to show the organized plans that I have for finding my records once I get to the Family History Center.
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a journal of finding good food and restaurants i love to eat in Taipei when I'm not in Los Angeles. looking forward to hearing from other food lovers about where your favorite places to eat are, so i can try them next!
Monday, December 14, 2009
new in town/pizza: i strongly recommend FIFTEEN PIZZERIA NAPOLETANA
No. 4-1, Ln 118, Heping E. Rd, Sec 2
(02) 2377-1142
MRT: Technology Building/Brown Line
hours: 11:30am to 10:30pm
$$ (Cash only)
Kid friendliness: no high chairs spotted. small park right outside
Visit reviewed: 12/8/2009
I think for this post, I'm going to let the pizzas, I mean the pictures do the talking.
Thanks to reader Gil for giving me the heads up on this tucked away new pizzeria, just opened in October. It's actually on the same alley as my favorite Shan Xi Dao Xiao Mian place, near the Heping and Fuxing intersection.
Why the name Fifteen? Apparently, they are Jamie Oliver fans and the name is a bit of an homage to that (it's the name of his restaurant in London). And if you sit at one of their barstool seats, you'll have a front row seat to some pizza making action just as if you were watching your favorite Food Networks show. Travel and Living show for those of you in Taipei.
Fresh pizza dough gets flattened and topped with selections like prosciutto and arugula, clams and garlic or pesto and mushrooms, and of course mozzarella and parmasan cheese.
After being baked in the stone brick oven, the pizzas come to our table surprisingly quickly.
The space is not large, but has a few window-side tables as well as tables outside which look right out to the adjacent park. It doesn't seem tableready for groups larger than 4, which is too bad because their pizzas are the perfect kind to order a few different kinds to share.
The menu right now only has pizzas and a soup of the day (despite the first page of the menu having appetizers), but there are a range of gourmet toppings you can choose from. From the traditional mozzarella and basil to the more unusual include Pizza Cavolfiore (cauliflower), Pizza Patata (sliced roasted potato) or Pizza Fiorentina (spinach, bacon, eggs) in the NT$300 plus range. The prices on the menu are for the 10 inch, but ordering the 8 inch saves you NT$60/pizza.
We got the Pizza Portobello Mushroom (NT$260 for 8") which chose because it had pizza sauce (only the ones listed with having sauce have sauce, otherwise, they just come with cheese and toppings) which definitely on the light side. But the toppings were fresh and plentiful and the mushrooms retained a juicy flavor.
While we were enjoying our slices, the Pizza Prosciutto di Parma (NT$300 for 8 inch) came. Just say the word prosciutto and I'll drool, not to mention that it also came with the perfect partner, a spicy arugula (which is really hard to find in supermarkets here!)
The pizza was dusted with a tad too much salt as the prosciutto is already cured, but alternating a bite with the springy crust took care of it. The prosciutto was velvety and softened a bit with the heat of the pizza.
My friend and I had intended to just have a bit of each and save the leftovers for other friends, but we ended up eating almost the entirety of the two 8 inch pizzas between us. The crusts are soft and chewy and while the base of pizza is thin, it's not crispy, like you'd find at Alleycats. The pizza reminds me of Primo Trattoria, especially with the Fiorentina being available at both places, but Fifteen seems like a more casual and cozy hangout.
Stuffed and happy, I got a Pizza Genovese to-go, which has pesto sauce, mixed mushrooms and basil. I discovered that to-go pizzas get an additional 20 percent off, which is perfect because it saves you the sit-in 10% service fee and then you save a little extra.
Definitely give Fifteen Pizza a try- it is a bit unusual in that alley of Chinese eateries, and they said business has been so-so after their strong opening. I only wish it was a bit closer to my neighborhood, but it will give me an excuse to wander in that direction.
I got a text today saying they'll have various promos on the 15th of each month, like buy one, get a smaller size free. I did want to give the clam pizza a try...
Don't forget to vote for your favorite restaurants in the BEST OF TAIPEI READERS' CHOICE POLL!! Only a few weeks to go and I need y'all to chip in!
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15 comments:
- Daniel said...
I stopped by Fifteen for lunch today and I unfortunately did not like their pizza prosciutto di parma. While I did like the first bites, I felt a bit overwhelmed by the chewy crust as I went towards the edges. Somewhere along the line, it cross the line between delicate and bland, and I felt a little robbed when the bill rang up to 330 NT for my food.
But I treated myself to some uni at sashimiya for dinner to make up :)
- joanh said...
daniel: sorry you didn't like it. i like the chewy crust and the style/portion is more gourmet than delivery. but i'm glad you got some uni. yum!
- viv said...
wow those pizza looks great! stumbled upon your blog when i was planning my TPE food trip! haha. great stuff! planning to try ice monster today - just found out its not too far from where i live!
- joanh said...
viv: thanks for commenting.. mm ice monster. hope you'll share what you eat on your food trip!
- brian said...
salt on top of prosciutto?! damn, that's overkill...
i will say i'm a sucker for arugula on a pizza. there was a small pie/gourmet type place in the lehigh valley that i used to get a pizza with arugula from often.
- joanh said...
brian: yes, arugula on pizza anyday!! mmmm. as for the salt, maybe the chef was a bit too enthusiastic that day :)
My lady friend and I were looking for a place that was open late enough to accommodate us before our late night plans on Christmas Eve and she stumbled on to your Blog. It was right in the area of the bar we were going to so we decided to give it a try.
Very friendly fast service, great pizza and a nice atmosphere.
We mentioned that we found the place via your blog and the server smiled and said that we were the 5th people to say that... that very same day.
So you are definitely impacting these places for the better.
- durbanbay said...
Yeah - I like fifteen - it is conveniently just down the road from where I live - they said they will start to serve appetizers soon. I like the staff they are always friendly. We also arranged a big party there and they were very accomodating and helped with the menu and starters. I agree, its a place to recommend.
- joanh said...
penelopesa: wow! thank you so much for sharing. i was smiling the whole day after your comment... i'm glad the blog helps people find places like Fifteen, that you might not otherwise (and that people are mentioning it to the restaurants!)
durbanbay: thanks for your comment. looking forward to their appetizers! :)
I haven't tried the pizza at the following link yet but it looks really good.
- Greg said...
Pizzas look great. A pity they don't offer any healthy salads or veggies to balance the cheese and carbohydrates. Silly of them not to.
I tried their pizza tonight. The mushroom was better than the margherita. Margherita was very average with the tomato being too acidic.
The worst thing about the place was the huge poster hanging by the bar. Of a girl bent over looking into a fridge. Completely offensive and inappropriate for a restaurant that kids would eat at.
I wanted to say something about it, but the guys working there didn't even ask my friend and me if we liked the pizzas, so I didn't bother offering my opinions on the decor.
Probably won't go back to this place again.
- Carmen said...
I went to Fifteen today with some friends for dinner. The place was packed so we were lucky to have a reservation. We were seated at the bar and the food was prepared rght in front of us. The pizzas were really good, although I feel they are a little bit expensive compared to other pizza places in Taipei.
The poster that someone commented about is actually a commercial for a German beer, it says something along the line of "That's why the beer is always on the bottom of the fridge". The girl's naked ass really doesn't fit the ambiente, I agree on that one.
delicious, delicious, delicious!! i never write a comment about a food-place, but I'm so impressed that I have to do it this time! I'm from Germany and we have a lot of good italian restaurants back home, that's why I'm kind of difficult when it comes to pizza. i ate about three times at Alley Cats Pizza and I found it not that special. I don't know why it is supposed to be the best pizza in taipei!?
FIFTEEN PIZZERIA NAPOLETANA is waaaaay better! We had the Italian salami sausage pizza. awesome!! It was not cheap, but i will go back, thats for damn sure!! :)
- suriya said...
This looks great, what a lovely photo. Thanks for commenting on my blog, I'm glad it's brought me to discover yours!
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