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When we set out on the path to opening DKB, our main goal was to open the kind of place where we would want to hang out. Somewhere inviting and comfortable, where you can get a great meal, a tasty beverage, and relax with friends. The kind of spot where you can feel at home in business attire or jeans and a t-shirt.
We got the keys in May 2010, and decided to start by stripping away all the layers that had accumulated over the years, in the hopes of exposing the original character and beauty of the building. We were pleasantly surprised to find much of the original brick under several inches of plaster. Also during the demolition, we found that the space held a wonderful secret within its walls, the large painting of a horse and carriage above the banquettes had been flipped over and used as wallboard during one of the previous renovations. It was damaged inadvertently before we realized what it was, and we have yet to learn much about its history, but we love what it adds to the room. The unique doors leading into the side room were discovered in a dark, forgotten corner of the basement, as was the large decoupage table.
When considering what elements we wanted to bring into the space, we felt strongly that we wanted to utilize as much reused or "upcycled" material as possible. The wood siding on many of the walls came from a recently demolished North Canton Barn that had been built in 1860. Many of our tables were constructed from materials salvaged during the demolition and our mismatched chairs were acquired from closed down schools and restaurants. Overall, we feel that we managed to achieve our vision and are thrilled with the outcome.


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Our latest: The 2018-2019 EDS registration form is now available – registration begins in early January! We also have a few remaining slots open for students this year – please contact our director for more information.
Emmanuel Day School is an independent, non-profit, non-religious preschool on Mercer Island which aims to create the best possible "first school experience" and zest for learning and life. Learn more about our classes, teachers, community or come by for a visit.
"The time the teachers and staff at EDS take to learn each individual child's needs is amazing. They go above and beyond to make sure everyone feels welcome and comfortable – this is truly a magical place filled with kind, caring, loving and well educated staff."
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At EDS, we are an intentional play-based school and focus on experiential learning. We host a variety of special visitors and take numerous field trips: everything from cooking classes to hosting a rock club, sports spirit weeks to theater, music performances to naturalist classes. You'll also find a close-knit community, with fun social events for the whole family. And we have a comprehensive allergy policy and an "accidents happen" potty training policy. Learn more.
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We offer classes 2, 3, or 5 days a week for children age 32 months – 6 years. Students fill their days with science, reading, arts & crafts, field trips, exploration and play. Learn more.
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I'm trying to reinstall my Windows XP Home edition operating system into a Dell Dimension 8400 machine. I have the operating system CD that came with the computer and when I boot into it, it takes me through the usual start-up sequence and eventually gets me to the Windows Setup Window where I have to choose whether to continue with a complete reinstall, repair or quit. I cannot choose any of these options. It would appear that my keyboard isn't operative or the system has frozen. Any ideas how to work around this problem?
Are you using a USB keyboard?
You might want to try PS/2 keyboard.
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Yes, I was using a usb keyboard and since have tried the ps/2. It worked. Thanks alot!


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Busy weekend! I feel like my theme for this Read-a-thon was 'late for everything.' 😛 Lots of great things have been happening in October, but I will appreciate some breathing time in November. I ended up reading for 5 hours and 15 minutes. I lost three planned hours of reading to socializing of all things. I go to the pub maybe four times a year and of course one of those times had to fall on Read-a-thon night. The occasion was a friend's going away party, as they're moving to Arctic, so I didn't really want to skip that.
- Which hour was most daunting for you? I didn't feel 'daunted', per se, but I planned to read all through hour eleven and that plan fell out the window in favour of watching hockey.
- Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year? The Slacker by Gordon Korman made for a relatively quick and fun read. A good book for when you need a 'break'.
- Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next season? I didn't participate too much this time, so I can't say if anything needs to be improved.
- What do you think worked really well in this year's Read-a-thon? This kind of ties in to the above question. I don't know how well it worked, but I think it probably took some stress/expectations by eliminating cheerleading. I signed up to cheerlead in the past and it was a bit frustrating going from blog to blog of people who signed up but weren't actually participating. I had more fun cheering for people who were visible and actively participating on Twitter.
- How many books did you read? I read 50% of one book, 90% of another, and 10% of a third. I guess that makes one and a half!
- What were the names of the books you read? The Witches of New York, The Slacker, and When Friendship Followed Me Home
- Which book did you enjoy most? The Witches of New York
- Which did you enjoy least? The two middle grades are so far on par with each other – nothing amazing, but nothing unenjoyable.
- How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Very likely! I don't have any plans, though I suppose it could be early to tell. I hope I will be less busy next time and able to read for 10+ hours.
Hour 3
Three hours into the Read-a-thon, I'm finally filling out the introductory survey.
- What fine part of the world are you reading from today? – Winnipeg, Canada. It's a fine foggy day for reading.
- Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? – I'm currently reading The Witches of new York, which I love. I expect it will be hard for any of the other books to beat this.
- Which snack are you most looking forward to? – Salt and vinegar Crispers. I've had a hankering for them this past week.
- Tell us a little something about yourself! – I'm currently in the process of applying to MLIS programs.
- If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what's one thing you'll do different today? I'm taking this one more casually than the last one. There's been a lot of flux in work-related stuff, so I just want to have a fun day of reading and socializing.
Good morning! Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon kicks off in about 15 minutes. I scheduled this post last night – have I woken up in time? You'll have to nag me on Twitter if I haven't posted there yet 😛 I'll be updating this post a few times throughout the day, but I'll be most active on Twitter. I do have a few distractions tomorrow – tutoring, a book event at the public library (going to hear Jen Sookfong Lee discuss The Conjoined!) and a farewell party. I have packed my bags and set out my clothes to minimize prep time for the outings.
Last night I prepped my reading stack and my munching stack, two stacks that are of almost equal importance when read-a-thoning. I've prepared a YA/MG sandwich. I'm focusing on MG fiction for the Cybils, but I've thrown in two YAs in case I feel like mixing things up: a book that my Dad and I are doing for Family Reads (Every Hidden Thing) and a book that has to go back to the library soon (Like a River Glorious). I'll also probably be finishing up The Witches of New York, as I don't think I'll have time tonight.
As for food, I've planned two out of three meals (figuring out lunch always disrupts my schedule, even when I'm not trying to read all day…). I've got muesli, fruit and yogurt ready for breakfast and I've discussed ordering in pizza with my family. I've tucked my non-perishable snacks under my reading table – pumpkin seeds, candy corn, and salt and vinegar Crispers. I haven't eaten those in years but I had a craving.
My goal for this year is 8 hours of reading. Are you participating in the Read-a-thon?


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New Zune announcement coming at E3?
I bought their Office suite because I find it to be the one I am most comfortable working with. And it looks ace too. Also, Visual Studio is a mighty, mighty good IDE. One of the absolute best on the market IMO. For me personally, MS is delivering products that I want and that I use on a daily basis, and they are getting better at it all the time. I like Vista (dual booting on my MacBook) and will install Windows 7 quite soon. I also think they are making great strides in the GUI department as well. Look at the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 for example. It uses the Zune menu structure and is according the previews I've read much smoother and easier to use than the current WinMo platforms. Reply 0
I've had my Zune 120GB for quite some time now, and I really love it (in a non-penis insertion sort of way). Lovely menu system, FM radio, and the software is actually user friendly and generally a much more pleasant experience than iTunes (which I hate with a fucking passion now). In fact, the Zune GUI actually made me want a Windows Mobile phone in order to run WinMo 6.5 on once it is out. 6.5 seems much smoother and user friendly than earlier versions of the OS. Oh, and I'm writing this on my MacBook aluminium, so I certainly don't hate Apple. I just think that some of the crap aimed at MS is a bit OT. I for one will at least take a look at what they offer with a potential Zune phone or update to the existing Zune line. Reply 0
The Eurogamer TV Show: Cliff Bleszinski on Gears of War 2
I find it a bit strange people are so offended by Cliffy. He seems very level headed and obviously has a passion for making games. I like him. Reply 0
Combat Mission: Shock Force
Version 1.07 is actually really, really good. Yes, the stock campaign isn't that immersive, but the combat sure is. I would actually recommend this game now and it has grown considerably since that 5/10 was awarded. Reply 0
Call of Duty: World at War - Co-op trailer
This is not at all what I had hoped for. It looked like a multiplayer free for all rather than WWII. Hell, it even lacked the cinematic feel of COD4! Reply 0
Sony winning Euro GTA IV battle
Ah, so Germany has finally managed to conquer all of Europe I see. Spain survived because of its neutrality I suppose. Reply 0
Throw away games - footballer
Rob Green is over-rated. Reply 0
Football Manager 2008
Fantastic job getting so many Villa players on the first page. ***ck Gerrard, we've got Barry. \o/ Reply 0
New Halo 3 disc errors?
Disc read error happened to quite a few with Colin McRae DiRT too, but not much was written about that. Me and a friend compared our discs and mine (which had the disc read error) was all bumpy along the outer edge of the disc. Not the writable surface on the flat part of the disc, but the rim of it. My friends disc (no disc read error) was smooth around the edges. Looked very much like a manufaturing problem and if I had a bad Halo 3 disc with no scratches on the surface, I'd check to see if the rim was uneven or bumpy. Compared to other discs without reading problems the difference is quite niticable. Reply 0
BBFC defends Dead Rising
Good thing there's no sex in there. That would have been awful. Sex is the devil. Reply 0
More Assassin's Creed confusion
Ooh, the plot thickens. The Norwegian games site Gamer.no apparently called Ubisofts Nordic Product Manager Harald Horsberg who confirmed that the game is PS3 exclusive. I really wish they could make up their minds. :-/ Reply 0
World War II RTS
Yep monkey, that's the one. I think they changed the name a year or so ago, and then changed it back recently. Don't know why though. Reply 0


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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: Oracle names problems on Win2k with Pentium IV
Could it possibly be another bug using Oracle on a P4? I had been running our backup Names on my pitiful P3-800 Win2K box under 8.1.7, and for months now under 9.0.1 with no problems other than the usual Windohs flares.
Do you have the Event Log service started under Win2K ("WinTuke") in order to check for pathetic unhelpful event messages like:
The OracleOraHome90NamesRJNAMES service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 0 milliseconds: No action.
Anything in %ORACLE_HOME%\network\log?
Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jared.Still_at_radisys.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 8:48 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Oracle names problems on Win2k with Pentium IV
> Fellow listers,
> After upgrading to the latest greatest Pentium 4 desktop
> ( 2.3 GHZ, 512 Meg of Ram, 80 Gig disk, Yeehah! )
> and dealing with the JIT bugs, I find that Oracle names no
> longer works properly.
> The folllowing screen dump explains it all. Start names, everything
> looks hunky dory, exit namesctl, start namesctl again, and it's no
> longer possible to connect to the names server.
> Several threads on MetaLink detail the identical problem on Win2k,
> but none of them provide a solution.
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text: My dad and I are finally going to make it out tomorrow morning. We decided to hit Kingston and were wondering where we can fish. Can we fish from the beach to the left of the ferry dock or is that not allowed? Or should we chuck it and go to PNP? All other suggestions welcome.


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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a notice in today's Federal Register (79 FR 15100-15102) seeking organizations that are interested in working with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) to address issues related to the physical and logical control of access to power generation, transmission and distribution facilities and equipment including industrial control systems.
Identity and Access Management
The NCCoE is looking for organizations that might be able to address capabilities or that have products that address:
• Services for authenticating and authorizing users based on identity, role, third-party affiliation (e.g., federation) or other attributes (e.g., attribute-based access control);
• Services for authenticating and authorizing devices;
• Services for whitelisting applications;
• Identity and access governance capability that translates human-readable access needs into machine-readable authorizations;
• Security incident and event management (SIEM) or log analysis software for monitoring access management events;
• ICS equipment, such as Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), programmable logic controllers (PLC), and relays, along with associated software and communications equipment (e.g., radios, encryptors);
• Physical access control devices that use standard communication interfaces; or
• "Bump-in-the-wire" devices for augmenting Operational Technology (OT) with authentication, authorization, access control, encrypted communication and logging capabilities.
Products or processes must meet the following capability requirements:
• Compatibility with various electric utility ICS equipment and software
• Strong authentication of users, devices, and software, based on credentials or attributes, along with appropriate encryption to enable reasonably secure exchange of identity and access management informationShow citation box
• Compatibility with protocols and communication media commonly used by electric utilities
• Federated authorization for communication across security domains
• Ease of use (e.g., installation, configuration, maintenance, provisioning, de-provisioning, credentialing, revoking credentials)
More details can be found here.
Organizations wishing to participate in this NCCoE project must contact NIST to request a letter of interest. Completed letters of interest will be submitted to NIST no later than April 17, 2014. NCCoE will select participants who have submitted complete letters of interest on a first come, first served basis within each category of product components or capabilities up to the number of participants in each category necessary to carry out this use case.


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This looks quite good. But in case this doesn't satiate your fix for sweet rice, just wait until tomorrow, when I hit you with it...Colombian style.
And we're back, now with commenting goodness.
I think your rice looks fine. (Shocking, must be the new camera) Wouldn't you get more flavor out of incorporating instead of sprinkling?
What else did you put with this? More veggies of what ilk?
We are back with comments thanks to a few tricks I hope will delay the inevitable comment death again. Akismet is the main hope.
I served this with a side of plate and fork. I figured with veggies, rice, fruit, and nuts it's a meal in a shell.
exactly what is wrong about a pennywort drink? The pennywort leaf is accually very healthy.The pennywort is not considered a "a strange thing that is grinded up into a soft drink" its just a leaf...what do you have to say about carrot drinks eh? or tomato juice?!!Do you think thats weird too? Being a chef, many would expect for you too respect other cultures, not to just simply make fun of it. you should also try working on your MANNERS along with your table manners!
Kristin - would manners include not bringing an irrelevant comment to a post? If you want to comment on the pennywort post itself, please do so. I will see it eventually.
As to what is wrong with the pennywort drink - it's disgusting. I gave it a shot and tried it before condemning it. I was skeptical, but open minded and when I tasted it none of my hopes and all my fears were confirmed. It tasted like chiled nasty humid, boiled lettuce.
If that's what you drink, fine, more power to you. People buy all kinds of gross foods and love them.
And I I pointed out on another comment on the pennywort drink post itself, respect for a culture does not mean blind acceptance of every artifact of that culture. I respect American culture, but I find hair metal bands and velour-look polyester sweatpants to be annoying. Does that mean I don't respect American culture?


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Report of Capt. Lemuel B. Norton, Chief Signal Officer
O.R.--SERIES I--VOLUME XXVII/1 [S# 43] -- Gettysburg Campaign
September 18, 1863.
Brig. Gen. S. WILLIAMS,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac.
GENERAL: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the signal corps of the Army of the Potomac, from June 14 to August 1, including the late Maryland Campaign:
In view of the contemplated movement of this army from the line of the Rappahannock, in June last the following detail of signal officers was made by direction of the commanding general, viz: The right wing was supplied with 6, the left wing with 4, and the center with 4, 8 officers being held as a reserve, to be used wherever the changes in the position of the army might render them of the greatest service.
On June 14, the headquarters of this army moved from the vicinity of Falmouth to Dumfries. The signal officers detailed for the three subdivisions of the army moved with the commander of each, while the party in reserve remained near the headquarters of the general commanding. Early on this day, by order of the chief of staff, two signal officers reported to Brig. Gen. G. K. Warren, who was to assume command of the troops in charge of the Government property about to be removed from Aquia Creek. A station of observation was established upon Fort No. 2, at that place, communicating with the gunboats Mahaska and Freeborn (lying off the creek, for the purpose of covering the withdrawal of stores and troops), upon which vessels signal parties had been previously stationed. Many messages were sent between these stations, and communication successfully kept up until the night of the 16th, when, the object of the flotilla having been attained, the officers rejoined the reserve. The party on station of observation at the Phillips House, opposite Fredericksburg, remained on duty all this day, and reported to General W. S. Hancock the frequent changes made by the enemy on the other side of the river.
On the 15th, two reconnaissances were made toward Centreville by the officers attached to the First Corps, and reports sent to Maj. Gen. J. F. Reynolds.
On the 16th, a loop of signal telegraph wire was run out, connecting general headquarters at Fairfax Station with the Morse telegraph office at the depot.
On the 17th, Capt. B. F. Fisher, chief acting signal officer, went out upon a reconnaissance, and in the evening was captured by the enemy near Aldie.
On the 18th, communication by signal telegraph was established, by the direction of the chief of staff, between general headquarters, near Fairfax Court-House, and the headquarters of Maj. Gen. J. F. Reynolds, near Herndon Station.
On the 19th, a signal telegraph line was extended from Herndon to Guilford Station, to which point General Reynolds had moved his headquarters.
On the 20th, by direction of the chief of staff, two signal officers were assigned to each army corps. Communication was opened by flag signals between the First Corps headquarters, at Guilford Station, the Eleventh Corps, at Trappe Rock, and the Twelfth Corps, at Leesburg. The officers at the last-named point worked successfully also with the signal station at Poolesville, Md., and through it with those at Sugar Loaf Mountain, Point of Rocks, and Maryland Heights. Thus, conjointly by flag signals and the signal telegraph, a complete line was established from a reliable station of observation on Maryland Heights direct to the commanding general at Fairfax Court-House, giving to him at the same time a rapid means of communication with all the corps above named. A reconnaissance was made for General H. W. Slocum by the signal officers attached to his command.
On the 21st and 22d, the stations occupied on the 19th and 20th worked successfully, and two reconnaissances as far as the Bull Run Mountains were made for General W. S. Hancock.
On the 23d, the lines already in operation were made still more perfect by the establishment of a station near the headquarters of the Fifth and Cavalry Corps, at Aldie, which, communicating with the Eleventh Corps, furnished a safe means of transmitting messages between the commanding general and Maj. Gens. A. Pleasonton, G. G. Meade, and other corps commanders.
On the 24th, the lines previously established worked uninterruptedly. Intelligence of the crossing of the Potomac by the enemy was received this day from the following message:
June 24--10.40 a.m.
General SLOCUM:
Large trains are crossing at Sharpsburg. Artillery and general trains are passing near Charlestown toward Shepherdstown.
FISHER, Lieutenant, Signal Officer.
A message confirming the above was received, via Washington, late in the afternoon by the commanding general from General Tyler, at Maryland Heights.
On the 25th, all signal communication was discontinued upon the removal of the army corps, and the signal telegraph line withdrawn. Two officers made separate reconnaissances for General W. S. Hancock, while two others performed the same duties for General J. F. Reynolds.
On the 26th, general headquarters moved to Poolesville. By direction of the general commanding, three signal officers were ordered to report for duty to Maj. Gen. A. Pleasonton, commanding Cavalry Corps.
On the 27th, the headquarters of this army moved to Frederick, and an attempt was made to open communication between this point and the station on Sugar Loaf Mountain, which proved unsuccessful, on account of the unfavorable condition of the atmosphere. A station of observation was established at Middletown, and communication opened from that place to another point of observation at South Mountain Pass, and the results reported to Generals J. F. Reynolds and O. O. Howard.
On the 28th and 29th, no signal operations were found necessary. On the 30th, general headquarters removed to Taneytown. A signal station was placed in the church steeple at that place, and a party sent to Emmitsburg for the purpose of opening a line between General J. F. Reynolds and headquarters. Communication was not opened this day on account of the haziness of the atmosphere. The signal officer with General John Buford, who occupied the town of Gettysburg, took position in the steeple of the college, and reported to General Buford the whereabouts and movements of the enemy. The officers attached to the First Corps, from a station of observation on the mountain back of Emmitsburg, made a telescopic reconnaissance toward Gettysburg, reporting the results to the general commanding that corps.
On July 1, general headquarters remained near Taneytown. A station of observation was established, first on the college and subsequently on the court-house in Gettysburg, and reports of the position, numbers, and movements of the enemy sent by signals to General Howard, on Cemetery Hill, southeast of the town. In the afternoon of this day two reconnaissances were made from Gettysburg, for the information of General W. S. Hancock, by the signal officer temporarily attached to his staff.
In the evening I was made acquainted by the general commanding with the line of defense to be occupied by the army in case the enemy made an irresistible attack upon our position, and directed by him to "examine the line thoroughly, and at once upon the commencement of the movement extend telegraphic communication from each of the following points, viz, general headquarters, near Frizellburg, Manchester, Union Mills, Middleburg, and the Taneytown road."
In order that these instructions might be promptly and successfully fulfilled, signal telegraph trains were sent to Frizellburg, and everything held in readiness to extend the wire at a moment's notice to the points desired by the commanding general. During the whole of this day, endeavors were made to open the signal line between general headquarters, Emmitsburg, and Round Top Mountain, but, on account of the smokiness of the atmosphere, the desired result was not obtained until 11 p.m., when the first message was received. These lines were kept open during the subsequent battle at Gettysburg and until July 6. In the event of the repulse and retirement of our army, they must have been eminently useful.
Late in the evening of this day, I was directed by the chief of staff to start at daylight the next morning with the signal officers held in reserve, and rejoin the commanding general on the field at Gettysburg.
On July 2, I reported at an early hour at the point selected for headquarters of the army for that day, but found the signal officers, who had been previously assigned to the different army corps, already on the field, and that through their exertions the general commanding had been placed in communication with nearly all the corps commanders.
Before 11 a.m. every desirable point of observation was occupied by a signal officer, and communication opened from General Meade's headquarters to those of every corps commander.
A station was established upon Round Top Mountain, on the left of our line, and from this point the greater part of the enemy's forces could be seen and their movements reported. From this position, at 3.30 p.m., the signal officer discovered the enemy massing upon General Sickles' left, and reported the fact to General Sickles and to the general commanding.
At 5.30 p.m. the enemy opened a terrific fire, but our left was fully prepared for them, and the fight gradually extended to the whole front, so that every signal flag was kept almost constantly working. The station at Round Top was once, and that at General Meade's headquarters twice, broken up by the rapid advance of the enemy and the severity of the fire, but were immediately re-occupied when the positions became tenable. An important station of observation was also opened on the right of our center, near Cemetery Hill, from which the whole of the left of the rebel army-was closely watched. A short time before the action opened, two officers were sent to reconnoiter the enemy's extreme left, and their reports were given to the commanding general. The stations established during the day were held at night.
On July 3, the same positions were occupied by the signal officers as on the day previous, and the reports of movements, &c., unfailingly sent to the commanding general. The station at General Meade s headquarters and that at General Howard's were rendered inoperative for a couple of hours by the furious attack of the rebels upon our center, but both were again actively employed as soon as the tremendous fire moderated sufficiently to permit of messages being read and transmitted with accuracy. The station on Round Top continued to report throughout the day discoveries in regard to the enemy's position. In the evening, the commanding general removed his headquarters to a strip of woods on the Taneytown road, and another station was established at this point, still maintaining communication with those previously opened.
On July 4, at 5.40 a.m., the signal officer from a station on the college in Gettysburg reported to the general commanding "that the enemy had evacuated the position they held yesterday," and at 9.30 a.m. reported the new line occupied by them, and that they were retreating toward Hagerstown. This station was kept open all day, and information in regard to the movements of the enemy sent in by orderly. General Meade's headquarters were removed to the Baltimore pike, and this was made the terminus of all signal lines.
July 5.--All signal stations were this day discontinued, excepting those on Round Top Mountain, Cemetery Hill, court-house, and General Meade's headquarters. The officers previously assigned to army corps moved with them. A signal officer accompanied General G. K. Warren with the advance of the Sixth Corps, and communication was kept up by him with Round Top Mountain, thus enabling the party at the latter place to make known his discoveries in regard to the enemy to General Warren.
On July 6, the lines between Round Top and Taneytown and Emmitsburg and Taneytown were discontinued. The two officers attached to the First Corps made a telescopic reconnaissance from the hill back of Emmitsburg, and sent the information obtained to Maj. Gen. John Newton. The same officers subsequently occupied signal stations at Turner's Gap and Washington Monument, and reported the result of their observations of Hagerstown and vicinity to Generals Sedgwick and Newton.
July 7, the headquarters of the army moved to Frederick. The signal officer who had been previously assigned to duty with the detached command under General Neill made a reconnaissance near Waynesborough, Pa., discovering the whereabouts and movements of the enemy.
On July 8, in the afternoon, general headquarters moved to Middletown. A party of signal officers, under charge of Capt. W. J. L. Nicodemus, arrived from Washington, for the purpose of working in conjunction with the signal corps of this army. Captain Nicodemus opened a line of communication between Frederick and South Mountain Pass.
On July 9, headquarters of the army moved to Turner's Gap. A station was occupied near this place, communicating, through others at Middletown and Crampton's Pass, with Maryland Heights. This line, appearing of little importance on account of telegraphic facilities, was abandoned the same day, and its officers ordered to more active duty in the front. A station of observation was established on Washington Monument, near South Mountain Pass, from which Hagerstown and the whole valley could be seen.
On July 10, the general commanding and his staff removed to a bivouac near Beaver Creek crossing, west of Boonsborough. In the evening, communication was opened from general headquarters, through Washington Monument station, with headquarters of the Second and Twelfth Corps, near Bakersville; Third and Fifth Corps near Antietam Bridge, and the First and Sixth Corps near Beaver Creek crossing, on the Hagerstown pike. On this day the officer who accompanied General Neill on his expedition from a point selected by him on Franklin's Cliff, South Mountain Range, near Leitersburg, discovered the numbers and position of the enemy in and around Hagerstown, and sent the information to General Neill, and by orderly to General Meade.
On July 11, by direction of the assistant assistant-general, a signal telegraph line was run out between general headquarters and those of General John Sedgwick, on the Hagerstown pike, 5 miles distant. No communication was had by flag signals this day on account of the thick haze. Two reconnaissances were made toward Hagerstown for Generals Howard and Kilpatrick by the officers attached to their respective commands.
On July 12, a party was sent to open a line of signals between general headquarters and the brigade of General Neill, near Leitersburg, but the attempt failed by reason of the thickness of the atmosphere. The signal telegraph wire was this day extended to General Sedgwick's new headquarters at Funkstown, and another run out between general headquarters and those of General Slocum, 2� miles distant and near Four Corners. Both lines worked with but slight interruptions until the night of the 14th, when they were withdrawn. Flag signals were worked between the headquarters of the Fifth Corps and others in the vicinity; also between General Howard's headquarters, at Funkstown, and a station of observation in Hagerstown.
On July 13, all signal communication previously established was still kept up. Two officers were sent to make a telescopic reconnaissance from Elk Mountain.
On July 14, the enemy were discovered to have crossed the river during the night before. At the close of this day all signal stations and lines were discontinued.
On July 15, the headquarters of the army moved to Berlin. A signal station was opened at that place, communicating with a lookout station on Maryland Heights. This line remained in operation until the 18th.
On July 16, the signal telegraph line was run from general headquarters to the Eleventh Corps headquarters, 1� miles distant. Two officers were sent to make a telescopic reconnaissance from Loudoun Heights. Their reports were transmitted to the general commanding by orderly.
On July 17, communication was opened by flag signals between headquarters at Berlin and an outpost station at Point of Rocks. An officer was sent to occupy a point of observation on Short Mountain.
On July 18, general headquarters moved to Lovettsville, Va. A line of flag signals was worked between the Third and Fifth Corps.
On July 19, headquarters of the army were moved to Wheatland, and communication established from thence to the lookout station on Short Mountain, and also between that mountain and the Fifth Corps headquarters.
On July 20, the general headquarters moved to Union, and in the evening signals by torch were worked between that place and a station of observation at Snicker's Gap, on the Blue Ridge. The whereabouts and movements of the enemy in the Shenandoah Valley were discovered and correctly reported to the commanding general by the officers on this station. A party was ordered to open station and make a reconnaissance at Ashby's Gap. They arrived at that point at 8 p.m., but for some undiscovered reason failed to open communication with general headquarters during the night.
On July 21, the officers at Ashby's Gap made known the numbers, movements, and position of the enemy in the Valley to General G. A. Custer, and through General W. H. French to the general commanding. At 8 p.m. two officers were ordered on a reconnaissance to Manassas Gap. The party at Snicker's Gap station reported frequently during the day to the general commanding their observations of the enemy.
On July 22, communication was opened by flag signals, via Union, with Snicker's and Ashby's Gaps. General headquarters moved to Upperville. Attempts were made to open [Communication] between this point and Ashby's Gap station, but failed from difficulty and delay experienced in finding a suitable point near headquarters. The officer at Manassas Gap transmitted by orderly to the general commanding the results of his observations. A line of signals was opened between Ashby's Gap and the Fifth Corps headquarters, near Rectortown. A point at Manassas Gap was selected for telescopic reconnaissances by the officer attached to General Merritt's command, from which he was driven shortly afterward by an attack of the enemy.
On July 23, general headquarters moved to Piedmont at noon, and to Markham Station in the evening, and communication was opened from the latter place to Ashby's Gap, via Piedmont. At 6 p.m. the officer in charge of signals at the front of Manassas Gap established a line between General Meade's headquarters, at Linden Station, General French, with the advance, and General Sykes. This line was discontinued upon the withdrawal of our infantry the next morning. The officer with the Fifth Corps occupied a point overlooking Front Royal, and sent information of the enemy by flag signals to General Sykes.
On July 24, at an early hour, I proceeded with four officers to the extreme advance of our army, but did not succeed in rendering any service before the enemy had evacuated Front Royal and its vicinity. In the afternoon, general headquarters moved to Salem. Signal communication was opened between General Newton's headquarters, at Warrenton, and General Howard's, at New Baltimore. This line was discontinued the next day upon the removal of the Eleventh Corps to Warrenton Junction.
On July 25, headquarters of the army moved to Warrenton. A station of observation was established near Amissville for General Custer.
On July 26, a signal telegraph line was run between general headquarters and General Sedgwick's headquarters, on the Waterloo road, 2� miles distant. Another line was also extended from headquarters to the office of the Morse telegraph, in Warrenton. A station of observation was put up on Watery Mountain, communicating by flag signals to general headquarters.
On July 29, the line to Watery Mountain was continued to General Custer's headquarters, at Amissville.
On July 30 and 31, the communication opened on the 29th remained intact.
In summing up the operations of the signal corps of this army for the month and a half herein recorded, I find that sixty-seven signal stations of observation and communication were occupied, eight signal telegraph lines established, and seventeen extra reconnaissances made.
I have stated as concisely as possible the amount and character of the work performed. When it failed in a signal point of view it has been noted; but of the real value of the information obtained by the corps and the importance of other services rendered, the commanding general and the corps commanders are best able to judge.
A map is herewith inclosed, indicating by the signal flags placed upon it the majority of the points at which stations were occupied; by dotted red lines where communication by flag signals was established, and by plain red lines where the signal telegraph was used.
During the late movements of the army, 3 signal officers and 6 flagmen were captured by the enemy. The only reported injuries were those of 2 flagmen slightly wounded at the battle of Gettysburg. The capture of Capt. B. F. Fisher, chief acting signal officer, has been previously mentioned. Capt. C. S. Kendall and Lieut. L. R. Fortescue, acting signal officers, were taken at Emmitsburg, where they had been on station, by Stuart's cavalry upon their retreat from Gettysburg, July 5.
The following officers are entitled to mention for the active part taken by them in the late operations of the corps, and for the prompt and efficient manner in which they discharged every duty, both under the fire of the enemy and on the march: Capts. James S. Hall and P. A. Taylor, serving with Second Army Corps; Capts. P. Babcock, jr., and T. R. Clark, serving with Eleventh Army Corps: Capts. Joseph Gloskoski and Richard Dinsmore, serving with Cavalry Corps; Capt. F. E. Beardslee, in charge signal telegraph train; First Lieuts. J. C. Wiggins and N.H. Camp, serving with First Army Corps; First Lieut. George J. Clarke, serving with Sixth Army Corps; First Lieut. J. E. Holland, serving with Twelfth Army Corps. First Lieuts. William S. Stryker, adjutant, and A. B. Capron, acting assistant quartermaster and acting ordnance officer of Signal Corps, have discharged the duties of their respective positions throughout the campaign with a care and faithfulness which entitles them to commendation. I take pleasure in still further mentioning Capt. D. E. Castle, of this corps, for distinguished gallantry and close attention to duty under most trying circumstances. On July 3, when the enemy made their furious attack upon our center at Gettysburg, Captain Castle occupied a signal station at General Meade s headquarters, near Cemetery Hill, and remained there on duty after all others had been driven away. His flagmen had also left with his signal equipments, under the impression that their officer had gone with the rest. Having occasion to send a couple of important messages to the general commanding, then at General Slocum's headquarters, Captain Castle quickly cut a pole, extemporized a signal flag from a bed-sheet procured near by, and sent his dispatches through under a most galling fire. It was to Captain Castle's keensightedness and good judgment that I am indebted for the first information obtained of the enemy's position and movements in the Shenandoah Valley on July 21. His discoveries were made known to the commanding general at that time.
I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Captain, and Chief Signal Officer, Army of the Potomac.


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We have often heard discussions where everybody wants the youth to step up and take the responsibility of the future. Where people feel that the youth should already come forward and do what is expected of them, but we never think if we have fulfilled our duties of passing on the charge to the youth in the right manner. Every place, when it hires new people to work, they train them for a couple of months so that people are not clueless about their job. We believe that the youth needs to be taught in the same manner. They not only need to be trained but they also need to be empowered to take over the challenges and the responsibilities of tomorrow.
1. Brush up – Starting with the things that they are really good at will be great. The youth needs to be reassured that such a huge responsibility is being bestowed upon them because they are resourceful, talented and smart. They also need to hone the skills which come to them naturally because you never know when they might come handy. The challenges of tomorrow could be very different from what we have seen already so getting them ready for that in whatever way we can is important.
2. Train them to be the best – Training the youth doesn't mean that you have to tell them exactly what their responsibilities in the future will be. Obviously, one cannot do that, but making them aware of what the future holds for them. Making them aware that sooner or later the country will look upto them for a leadership is important. This can be done by making them responsible individuals who have critical thinking skills and are also sensible. We are not aiming at making the robotic, we want them to choose their path wisely.
3. Empower them – Give the youth the power to decide their own future and destiny. Let them make decisions for themselves, let them bear the brunt of wrong decisions and let them weigh the pros and cons of the situation on their own. The youth is growing up to be responsible and we shouldn't pull them down by helping them in getting over the obstacles in their path. Give the youth the power to decide what they want for themselves.
4. Mentor them or talk to them – Last but definitely not the least, the youth would love it if you take out time to share your experiences with them. The youth today has great listening abilities, it loves it when people accept that they have taken wrong decisions too but life is not about the one decision, it is about a series of decisions and living by them no matter how hard it gets. Be true to the youth, be honest with them, confide in them and let them confide in you. Be their mentor, their friend, their staunchest critic and let them look up to you and make you proud.
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A new study has found that bad posture plays a significant role in increasing blood pressure.
In their study, Jim Deuchars and colleagues at the University of Leeds, UK, have found a link between the muscles in the neck, blood pressure and the heart rate.
The researchers say their findings explain why the blood pressure rises when people position their bodies the wrong way, for example hours spent hunched over a computer; or why there is a change in blood pressure and heart rate, when the neck muscles are injured.
The team suggests that there is a direct neural connection between the neck muscles and a part of the brainstem, called the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), which plays a key role in regulating heart rate and blood pressure.
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If I had wanted to take a tour of poverty stricken areas I would have stayed home. I wouldn't recommend this cruise to anyone. The cruise may have been in the Caribbean, but it certainly wasn't what I was expecting. No crystal clear water, no white sandy beaches ...just shanties and dirty streets. WOW! What a disappointment. You should advertise the cruise as a tour of third world countries ...It ain't what I thought I was paying for. This was my last Norwegian cruise.


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Ptsd? AnxietyI feel like putting this *somewhere* instead of just another file on my computer, so here we go.
I have been reading about PTSD because my emotional state just.... leaves some days. I think of it like a horse running away. I was on a horse one time, and it panicked. It wasn't just being disagreeable; it was scared out of its mind, and its whole enormous body was trembling under my weight. And then it took off. I was afraid it would crash through the fence. That's about how much sense it had.
And sometimes, after I do something creative or take a risk, I will leave like that. It's much less dramatic, in a way -- no 1000 pound animal. Sometimes it's like a descent of negative thoughts, sometimes it's an overwhelming feeling of dread that things will go wrong, that I've overlooked something, and sometimes it's the profound sense that nothing I do is worth anything, that I should really stop going around people or trying to create art, that I should curl up within myself and devote my life to silence and to observation.
I don't think of killing myself these days; that would be an act of communication, an act of ex
But I mentioned PTSD. I haven't found a lot of good resources on how to deal with PTSD in the event that your parent was depressed. Also, I sort of wonder if she was bi-polar, not depressed, because of the outbursts of rage. I keep trying to figure out why when I express myself I absolutely panic. It's a point that my mom used to gather up emotional misery and then more or less throw it at her family, that when things seemed okay, she would explode, so I didn't trust the emotional ground I was walking on. Still don't, exactly. Still very quick to get off of it. I'm not sure what that has to do with my writing, though.
In any event, I have not felt very good for the last week,. So here we are.
I've been diagnosed with ptsd. If you get a flashback try to distract yourself by watching tv or going for a walk or whatever you like to do.

It is scary at the time but you are free of her now. Was your mum a very unhappy person? Mine was. That why she took it out on me.

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I have to tell you, i have been there. Wanting nothing but silence, peace. I still find it hard sometimes to talk, but i know its helping me when i do. Don't hold it in, its not good. Tell someone how you feel, just saying whatever you feel helps incredibly. Or even writing on here is like therapy. I look at what i write and then think. Just get it out, trust me it is worth it. Find something you like to do and go with it. Look for inspiration, daily. Anything good at all, you deserve happiness my friend. You do! You are an amazing person and i know you hurt and are afraid. Pull yourself out of the dark hole your digging yourself in and start to see life. Keep talking, you can do it.
My mom was verbally and mildly physically abusive...then at 16 she took Prozac. Not only was Mom happier, so was everyone around her.

She used to rage, but it was definitely not bipolar.

My wild guess? your mom only modeled bottling up rage then exploding it outward. So emotions feel really dangerous.

Therapy time?

I include here a good URL for PTSD symptoms:

http://depressiond.org/ptsd-symptoms/

This is not to say you were not traumatized. You were.

I just don't know that it adds up to what I "affectionately" call Bat Country.

You might just have been that sensitive that it felt like she was going to kill you, to you.

It generally takes being put in legitimate fear for your life or bodily integrity before PTSD is DX'ed.

But that's really for a therapist to determine, not some schmuck like yours truly on the internet.


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From what I can tell, shatter infections works...It only cures when you take damage...Its the best 8 seconds of your life during pvp...And depending on how high your reuse is, its back up in roughly 90s give or take....In a long pvp fight, you can use it several times...In raid, use it when both your cures are down and just heal until the dot ticks...As long as no one gets one shotted, you can get the group to green and keep it moving...Shattered infections makes the warden one of the best solo healers in the game in my opinion.
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I'm just going to go ahead and quote my post here, this is ridiculous how after so long we've been petitioning this you've posted this crap to them.
I will quote Xelgad's post yet again, for your information:
My first reponse to you:Originally Posted by Xelgad @ EQ2 Official Forums
You wrote back:Originally Posted by Ayaka@OfficialForums
My responseOriginally Posted by Nyrizzle@OfficialForums
All of us are trying very hard to get this ability fixed for our class. This is very frustrating that you're throwing our efforts out the door by suggesting to the dev's that this ability is working, especially when it's hard to get a dev to take much of anything seriously enough to work to fix it. I'm not sure what you're trying to do. And why do you send me private messages asking me for help and advice when you won't even listen here?Originally Posted by Ayaka@OfficialForums
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You're taking this way too personal for me to continue...And as far as my PM to you, of course you don't have to respond...If you guys feel that its broken, then to each his own...I understand it and use it as I see fit...So with that said, hope you get what you are asking for...Not sure how you fix a spell that does what its read to though...PEACE!!!
Xelgad intended to update an endline of ours to hopefully give another defensive ability to our class (as we have a harder time dealing with knockback AOE's/stifles/stuns). The spell is supposed to cure AOE detrimentals instantly when they hit the group -- the spell says "cures on a damage hit" because it wasn't thought of that the detriments from an AOE actually apply after the initial damage from when the AOE hits. This was not accounted for. The endline is broken because it is not doing what it is intended to do, which Xelgad specifically wrote in his post. Sure, you can keep blindly saying the ability works as intended here but keep it off the official forums as we've been trying for months to a year to get some dev attention to finally fix this.
Really though, what boggles my mind is why do you support an endline like this in its current state? There is no reason for us to have an ability that risks our entire group dying to possibly work.
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I've had a lot of requests to post PvP specs -- I went ahead and posted my PvP Group/HPS spec and my PvP Solo/DPS spec in spoilers at the bottom of the original post. Remember that the specs I have on the original post are catered to my specific playstyle/gear setup, so tweak them to your own character, as they are just guides. I'll update all of the specs with 320 AA as soon as beetny is updated, but I honestly don't know what's actually going to be useful to spend points in, lol. Anyone have anything they're finding useful with the extra 20 AA's? Maybe the hate modifier on Instinct?
On another note, reforging has been pretty awesome so far as melee/battle priests. We don't really have many stats to convert to and from, but I've been able to convert almost 40-50% casting speed to multi attack/DPS/Haste.
Currently Playing Archeage -- Guild: Forestcrow (Aranzeb East)
The real question here is, why doesn't my Fury get an ability like this!
Cause Furies are are overrated. Also, raidwide cure is pretty awesome. Not really the same, but yeah. AND, your heal on cure is alot bigger. That's the one thing I liked about fury in BGs. Was fun to cure 4 dets from someone and it's nearly as big as nature's salve.
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Using stone in home design has become quite popular over the years. Creating a feel of old world elegance, it's most commonly seen on the outside of houses. What might come as a surprise is that it has many uses inside the house as well. If you enjoy the look of stone, yet you don't want to live in an old castle, stone veneer is for you.
Your deck is a great place to unwind on the weekends and to spend time with friends and family. It's also a great project if you're trying to update your backyard's look. Your deck can incorporate many different elements to make it feel like a luxurious oasis.
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Dream Act supporters who hoped to make a showing at Tuesday's Senate Higher Education committee hearing are bound to be discouraged. Shortly after word of their rally got out, Tuesday's committee hearing was cancelled.
The hearing's cancellation means the proposal, formally known as House Bill 1817, has virtually no chance of getting a vote. Lawmakers face an Apr. 3 cutoff that requires all policy committees to complete their work. And while there's no proof that the hearing's cancellation has anything to do with the planned protest, it does mean that without any additional Higher Education Committee meetings scheduled before the cutoff, the bill is all but officially dead.
The bill was not scheduled for a committee vote. However, supporters said they had hoped a strong showing at the meeting would inspire the committee's chair, Sen. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor, enough to allow a vote on the bill.
Bailey wrote an op-ed four days ago explaining her opposition of the bill.
Emily Murphy, a policy manager with the advocacy group planning tomorrow's rally, OneAmerica, said her group is not going to give up.
"I understand that she (Bailey) doesn't want to vote for the bill," Murphy said. "But she could still schedule a committee vote if she wanted to."
Murphy said that she thinks the bill has enough support to pass Bailey's committee. She added that when the bill was voted out of the House last month, it passed "with more Republicans voting for it than not."
Murphy said OneAmerica will be holding a "People's Hearing" on the bill Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Senate Hearing Room 3. That will be followed by a rally and press conference at 2 p.m. in the Rotunda of the Legislative Building. She said they plan to have "a number of important guest speakers" and estimates that up to 200 supporters will attend.
House Bill 1817 passed the House with a 77-20 vote. The proposal's prime sponsor is Rep. Zack Hudgins, D-Tukwila.
Sen. Bailey did not return a phone call seeking a comment.
This post was updated 11:58 p.m. Apr. 2, 2013


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Discover Bluffton, Heart of the Lowcountry
Pull up a comfy chair, take a sip of sweet tea and let out a big sigh, because you've arrived my friend, to a town with its own state of mind: Bluffton, South Carolina. Home of character, and to characters, Bluffton's quirky side shines with its own blend of genuine hospitality and artistic eccentricity. Bluffton fills the soul of the traveler with a sense of place that not only captures the charm of a time past, but also brings it full circle into the present. So roll down the windows, breathe in the salty air, and stroll among the centuries-old oaks. We'll share our corner of heaven…if you'll surrender to the Bluffton state of mind!


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The stark evidence of a bear's visit was apparent near medical offices on Hospital Drive before dawn one recent morning.
Earlier in the night, the bear pulled bags of medical waste, fast food wrappers and office trash from the Dumpster in front of the Salmon Creek Professional Center. Bloody gauze, a wad of material soiled with body fluids and an amniotic membrane perforator spilled out of a Dumpster.
As the Urban Bear Patrol approached, a yellow house cat eyed members from atop the mess.
"We've hit a new low," said Mark Farmer, a member of the bear patrol and the chairman of Juneau's Urban Bear Committee. "This is a public safety hazard. Can you imagine some kid playing with his cat after that?"
Farmer and bear committee secretary Pat Costello formed the Urban Bear Patrol about a year ago to document Juneau's garbage and urban bear problem, largely out of frustration with what they saw as widespread apathy. After months of patrolling, they've come to recognize specific animals and chronic problem areas. They've also found success stories.
The patrol and the group's Web site, Juneaubears.com, is independent of Juneau's Urban Bear Committee. Farmer and Costello have funded the entire operation out of their pockets. They've posted tips and photographs on their Web site showing how Juneau residents and businesses have kept bears out of their trash or tragically invited bears to feast on it. Hospital Drive Dumpsters have been a prime target for bears all summer.
By 5:45 a.m. that recent morning, Sept. 29, the patrol had moved to the opposite bank of Salmon Creek behind the office of Juneau Alliance for Mental Health Inc. A bear had tipped over the unsecured and unenclosed Dumpster, spilling medical records, granola bar wrappers, consent forms, contracts, client assessments and program guidelines.
While cruising through downtown, West Juneau, Douglas and Lemon Creek from 2 to 6 a.m. Sept. 29, it became obvious why Juneau has a problem with bears. Juneau neighborhoods reflect a mix of diligence and unconcern. While some people built fortresslike enclosures to protect their trash from bears, their neighbors left cans overflowing with garbage, sabotaging efforts to keep bears out of the area. Reeking Dumpsters without lids feed bears a few minutes away from containers meticulously rigged to keep bears out.
"This is the bondage Dumpster," Costello joked as he pointed out a container on Second Street in Douglas. Chains were wrapped around the container to keep several sheets of plywood pinned tightly to the top.
Glen Thompson of Waste Management, which collects Juneau's garbage, said that solution slows the trash pickup, but is effective.
Costello pointed out the lawn in Churchill Trailer Park in Lemon Creek where a bear was found dead, illegally shot Sept. 4. Across the street, three weeks after the shooting, five bags of garbage spilled off a neighbor's porch.
The Bear Patrol does not write warnings or citations, but it could have written 50 in just a few hours.
"We could write 100 a night, easily," Costello said.
Biologist Polly Hessing of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said one person can cause problems for an entire neighborhood.
"I believe everybody deserves a chance, one chance, but that's all," she said. "There are people trying to do the right thing and they're being penalized because others are coasting. I go to houses and I'm impressed with what they're doing."
Hessing said she sees people going to great lengths to keep bears away from trash. One woman keeps her garbage can in the bathtub until pickup day, an unpleasant but effective strategy. Hessing said groups of neighbors are working to create cooperative solutions, such as building shared trash bins, only to find another neighbor is throwing fish heads on the lawn.
West Juneau provides another good example. Costello points to a Crow Hill apartment complex and condominiums on David Street as dramatic success stories. "This is one of the first places to get metal lids (on the Dumpsters) and the bear activity stopped virtually overnight," he said of the David Street complex.
When that happens, the bears move on to the next easiest meal. The Bear Patrol has seen a decrease in activity on South Franklin Street since bear-resistant containers were installed. But bears are more active than ever in adjacent neighborhoods.
At 4:35 a.m. a bear stood on his hind legs and dug into a Dumpster on Fifth Street next to the Arcticorp Building, also known as the Gold Street Building.
"This guy is incredibly fat," said Costello. "He's put on 80 pounds in the past month."
Five minutes later, a Knightwatch Security officer walked up Fourth Street. A bear was sitting on the Dumpster at Mendenhall Apartments around the corner, he said. He knew the bear.
"He has his rounds," he said. "He's been around all summer."
Farmer and Costello snapped some pictures and the bear abandoned his salmon-and-rice dinner. He ran between two buildings and crawled under a house on Gold Street. At least four times the next day a bear was reported in the Dumpster.
Steve Foster, building manager for the Salmon Creek Professional Center, worked throughout the weekend cleaning up the building's Dumpster's scattered contents. Bears have been a problem all summer, he said, but it's intensified in recent weeks.
"There are three Dumpsters in this area that I know this critter is raiding on a regular basis," he said. "JAMHI that's like a lunchroom. They're in there two or three times a week. The Juneau Recovery Hospital, it's a standing joke that nobody does anything about it."
Foster has been trying to deal with the bear all summer and is at a loss for solutions, he said. He's been reluctant to resort to heavy metal lids because it could make trash disposal difficult for his tenants.
After hearing about the events of the weekend, Foster contacted Fish and Game about setting a trap and Waste Management about ordering metal lids. He talked with his tenants and they agreed metal lids would be a good idea. Kay Kanne, a midwife at the Juneau Family Birth Center, said the medical waste from a birth was mishandled accidentally and it was the only time that has ever happened.
Steve Sundby, program director at Juneau Recovery Hospital, said a bear has been a daily visitor for the past three or four weeks at the hospital Dumpster. He said a new, more bear-resistant Dumpster has been ordered.
Nothing has been done to address the chronic garbage problem at JAMHI's Salmon Creek office this summer, according to Program Director Mark Simonson. But he's considering having a security shed built for the Dumpster.
Nick House, manager of the Mendenhall Apartments, declined to comment about the building's Dumpster. Tenant Clay Harrington has helped repair the Dumpster and clean up the messes. He's seen the bear jumping up and down on the Dumpster until the lids caved in. After they were reinforced with planking, he watched the bear peel the lids up and slide the planks aside. A sheet of plywood was chained over the top last week and so far it's working.
From his 12th-floor apartment Harrington has watched the bear make rounds through the neighborhood. He's has seen some close encounters between the bears and people, and he's worried.
Bears were here first, he said, and they don't deserve to get shot because people can't change the way they deal with their garbage.
"We, being the supposedly more intelligent creatures, should be the ones to figure something out," he said.
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The family of missing man Ray Speechley are working with Search Dogs Sydney to have a special dog trained to search for human remains.
Ray, or Raymond, Speechley, 77, was last seen about 4pm on Thursday, July 7, at the IRT Dalmeny aged care facility on Ruth Place, Dalmeny. He had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease and was at the facility on respite.
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Mr Speechley's daughter Nikii Smith said the family in their continued search had wanted to hire the services of a human remains dog but the services available in NSW only came out at the request of police.
"Thus in our own searches we were unable to obtain assistance unless we paid large dollars for a company to come from another state. There was nothing in NSW to help us," she said.
"This started me thinking about what I could do In memory of my father and so I started looking into starting my own search dog group to help locate dad as well as helping other long-term missing persons."
Then one day she came across the Facebook page of Search Dogs Sydney and she discovered this group wanted to provide the services that she had been looking for, free to the families of missing persons.
She contacted Search Dogs Sydney in December and this group of what calls "wonderful volunteers" had the same passion that she had to help families of missing persons.
On Christmas eve, the group obtained a new dog called 'Rufus', who will be trained as the human remains dog that will help search for Mr Speechley and other missing persons.
Search Dogs Sydney are a non-profit group and since they commenced business in April 2016 they have been solely focused on specialised training of these amazing dogs and are presently funded by group's president Chris D'Arcy and the volunteers, she said.
"On behalf of my family I am trying to help them not only get their name out there to the community but also to obtain financial assistance and funding in the form of donations and sponsorship," she said.
"We presently have a sponsorship program, where people can sponsor a dog and handler for $30 per month that will go towards training, assessments, equipment etc.
"Sponsors will receive regular updates and photos of the dog as well as the chance to attend the Search Dogs Sydney training session to meet their sponsored dog and handler in person and even hide to help them hone their tracking skills.
"We are also looking for corporate sponsorship and donations to help build this group."
If you would like to donate or sponsor, contact Nikii Smith on 0475 140 465 and she can provide a sponsorship identification number and banking details to arrange direct debit. She would also like contact information so she can send regular updates.


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Murray Street Vineyards
Murray Street Vineyards - where traditional winemaking is a passion. Winemaker Andrew Seppelt, together with a small team of friends and family, produce wine that conveys the rich viticultural traditions of the Barossa – Shiraz and Shiraz blends, Eden Valley Riesling – and forges fresh ground with varieties new to the region – Viognier and Marsanne. A glass of MSV isn't simply a statement about fine wine, it is the beginning of a conversation. Why not join them!


text: High on a remote hilltop sits an enigma. Scientists would have you believe massive structures of stone (locally called Chulpa's) were made by the Inca. They were not. The stones are like many found throughout south America, made of volcanic stone or granite, and cut to within incredible tolerances. They fit together perfectly with only a barely visible seam. However, we have seen such stone work belonging to cultures much older - tens of thousands of years older.


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Multiple exhibitions and other attractions are in store as the UO's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art celebrates its 80th birthday.
The museum will offer special loans, a first-time online exhibition catalog and a free, public reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, May 31.
"In honor of our 80th anniversary," Executive Director Jill Hartz said, "we're honoring the community that has supported and appreciated this museum for eight decades. With its continued engagement, we look forward to another 80 years of providing high quality exhibitions and stimulating public programs that embrace our community's interests and priorities."
From June 1 to Sept. 1, "Living Legacies: The JSMA @ 80" will celebrate the collectors and collections that reflect the museum's mission and vision for the future. With more than 100 pieces of art in the Barker Gallery from more than 60 collectors, the exhibit represents the diversity of work in the region.
The exhibit will also be available on the museum's website through the JSMA's first online exhibition catalog.
The Schnitzer Gallery, meanwhile, will feature "New American Acquisitions" – works acquired through gift and purchase over the last five years. They include works from the Americas and the Caribbean, including Central and South America and Cuba.
The Focus Gallery will feature the West Coast premiere of "Light Journey: An Odyssey in Paint," a retrospective exhibition of the art of Korean-born artist Su Kwak, May 28 to July 28. The show brings together 31 pieces of work that affirm the artist's use of light and color to capture her spiritual life.
A selection of Japanese art acquisitions from the Wadsworth Collection, a recent gift of more than 150 contemporary Japanese prints, is on display in the Preble/Murphy Gallery. Also on view as part of "Living Legacies" are a series of woodblock prints, on loan from collector Lee Michels, featuring firemen.
As a permanent marker of the museum's 80th anniversary, the public is invited to help acquire "Order (The Red Guards)," from the 2011 exhibition "Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments (1993-2008)," on view in the Soreng Gallery. Xiaoze Xie is one of China's prominent contemporary artists and is currently the Paul L. and Phyllis Wattis Professor of Art at Stanford University.
From June 15 to Sept. 15, the Artist Project Space features "Celebrating Oregon Artists," a display of works created since the 1980s that represent the museum's commitment to works by living artists from the state and community. Featured are works by Oregon artists Rick Bartow, Michael Brophy, Tom Cramer, Mel Katz, Whitney Nye, Lucinda Parker, Dan Powell, Jim Riswold and Gary Tepfer.
-- from the UO's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art


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On Wednesday night, Keith Urban guaranteed Emily Piriz would return to American Idol next week. The voters had other plans for her, though.
Thursday's episode indicated viewers won't lose a thing when the results shows get cut to a half-hour in three weeks. Ryan Seacrest and Harry Connick Jr. spent the first 10 minutes of the show chatting for nearly 10 minutes about why Connick doesn't feel the need to tell the remaining singers they're special snowflakes every week.
"I was not hired as a mentor," says Harsh Harry, by way of explanation, when it became apparent the judges' commitment to "being completely honest" had befuddled the young singers. "I was hired as a judge. I have a very short amount of time to be very specific with information I think will help you grow."
On the performance end, Season 11 winner Phillip Phillips — still wearing solid grey — returned to the Idol stage for the television debut of his new single Raging Fire, which had the verses of a Mumford & Sons tune and the bridge of a fun. song. Irish band Kodaline also performed.
After the counting of more than 70 million votes (down slightly from last week's 71 million), MK Nobilette wound up in the Bottom Three for a second week, with Keith Urban telling her, "It's about connecting. If that's something you've got to work on, that's what you've got to be able to figure out how to do." She was joined on the Stools of Potential Elimination by Piriz and Jena Irene. Jena Irene was declared safe first, then Piriz was told she'd be the one singing for the save.
After her performance, even though Urban had made the guarantee on Wednesday, he let Connick be the bearer of bad news: "Tonight, we have decided not to use the save."
On next week's show: Songs of the Cinema.


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Before yesterdays outing against the Detroit Tigers, Mets fans alike were seeing a healthy Johan Santana coming back strong and healthy. His stats from his first two outings were telling us that things were going well and maybe we might soon see the Santana of old (calm, cool, and dominant).
In his first two starts of the spring, Santana had a 0.00 ERA with 2 K's, and a WHIP of 1.07 in a combined 4.2 innings.
Yesterday, Santana had his first bad outing of the spring. In 2 2/3 innings of work against the Tigers, Santana allowed 4 runs on just 4 hits. He had control issues, he was cutting his fastball, and he did not execute his pitches as much as he wanted to. On the brightside, Santana had better velocity, and threw 45 pitches (of his total 65 pitches) for strikes. Thats encouraging at least.
After his outing against Detroit, Santana spoke to reporters about his outing and said the following.
"Today was a challenge. You have a good ball club on the other side, … I was trying trying to make sure I felt fine, more than anything. … It's all about how I feel. I think that's more important right now. As far as velocity, there is still room for improvement. I don't know what that will be. But, as long as I feel good when I throw my fastball, that's what I'm looking for. I felt fine."
Every dog has its day, but that was not the case for Santana.
Lets fast forward to today. A day after the outing, manager Terry Collins is now undecided about whether or not to tab Santana as his opening day starter, this according to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News. Also, Collins went on the defensive about statements he made about Johan Santana (that he made last month) and stated that what he said about Santana previously was "a hunch".
Collins told the Daily News the following this morning (From Martino's article)
"I have not decided who is pitching Opening Day. Now, my point is, right now, as we get through spring training, we may have to make adjustments. If Johan is, 'Hey, look, I'll be ready,' but maybe he needs to pitch game two or game three or game four, we will adjust.
Terry Collins should choose his words carefully next time. Thats all I have to say about it.
In light of Collins' comments, should Johan Santana be the Mets opening day starter?
If I were to give a realistic opinion, I believe we'll see someone other than Johan Santana be the starter on Opening Day.
I've said before that I really want Johan to be the Mets starting pitcher on April 5th. However, Santana should go on a rehab assignment for the first month of the season. That way, he can work on increasing his velocity, he can continue to perfect his pitches, and get more starts under his belt before Mets management considers the move back to the starting rotation.
What are your thoughts on the news from Terry Collins? Should Johan get more work in before being called up? Should he be the opening day starter?


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Lompoc Brewing (Portland) has a couple of big events coming up this weekend: Friday, the 21st, is their annual Black Out Beer Fest, taking place at the Sidebar from 4 to 11pm: "The Black Out Beer Fest will feature 15 dark beers from Lompoc and special guests Alameda, Breakside, Cascade, The Commons, Ecliptic, Laurelwood, Lucky Lab, pFriem and Widmer. Tasting packages are required to drink the beers and cost $15, which includes a souvenir 15.5 oz glass tasting mug and 10 beer tickets. Additional tickets are available for $1 apiece. It costs four tickets for a full mug or $1 for a taste. Mug and ticket sales take place in Sidebar; the beers will be located in Sidebar, the brewery bar and the tented and heated parking lot. Live music will be provided by Leslie Lou and the Lowburners. The event is for ages 21+." Terrific beer lineup, too!
And on Saturday the 22nd, their 8th annual Chowder Challenge follow up the Black Out fest. This is taking place at their 5th Quadrant location from noon to 4pm and is the ultimate chowder throwdown: "Who serves the best clam chowder in the city? A dozen local brewpubs and restaurants will vie for the coveted Chowder Cup… Participating restaurants include Cascade Brewing Barrel House, Columbia River Brewing, Ecliptic Brewing, Farm House Cafe, Ice Axe Grill, Laurelwood Public House, Lompoc 5th Quadrant, Lompoc Tavern, RingSide Fish House, Salty's on the Columbia, Tabor Tavern & Widmer Gasthaus. Two-ounce samples of traditional New England-style clam chowders from each of the participants are served in non-labeled tasting cups. After tasting all entries, attendees vote for their favorite. The chowder receiving the most votes is named the People's Choice Winner and takes home the coveted Chowder Cup; awards are also given for second and third place."
Belmont Station (Portland): Tomorrow they are hosting the release party for one of the newest cideries around, Cider Riot! along with a meet the cider maker from 5 to 8pm. "Longtime beer writer, homebrewer and home cider-maker Abe Goldman-Armstrong's Cider Riot! cidery is ready to launch. We are honored to be part of Cider Riot's launch, and Abe will be joining us in the Biercafe to release his first cider, Everybody Pogo. We also will be pouring a collaboration cider Abe made with Reverend Nat's called Cider Kin."
The Bier Stein (Eugene) tomorrow (Tuesday the 18th) is going to be loading up the taps with Ballast Point Brewing beers from 6 to 8pm: "
Come try some of San Diego's finest! Ballast Point hit the Eugene scene last year and made waves with its line of seafaring-themed beers. We're going to reel you in again with five beers, free samples, and their rep Skipp giving away some BP swag. Here's the tap lineup:Tongue Buckler Imperial Red Ale, Sculpin IPA, Grunion Pale Ale, Victory At Sea Imperial Porter, and Longfin Lager"


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Parallel optical nanolithography using nanoscale bowtie aperture array
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This document has been peer-reviewed.
We report results of parallel optical nanolithography using nanoscale bowtie aperture array. These nanoscale bowtie aperture arrays are used to focus a laser beam into multiple nanoscale light spots for parallel nano-lithography. Our work employed a frequency-tripled diode-pumped solid state (DPSS) laser (lambda = 355 nm) and Shipley S1805 photoresist. An interference-based optical alignment system was employed to position the bowtie aperture arrays with the photoresist surface. Nanoscale direct-writing of sub-100nm features in photoresist in parallel is demonstrated.
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