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TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES – Oregon enjoys a mild, though varied climate with only a rare occurrence of devastating weather elements such as cloudbursts, tornadoes, or hailstorms severe enough to cause serious widespread damage. The single most important geographic feature of the climate of Oregon is the Pacific Ocean whose coastline makes up the western border. Because of the normal movement of air masses from west to east, most of the systems moving across Oregon have been modified extensively in traveling over the Pacific. As a result, winter minimum and summer maximum temperatures in the west, and to a lesser extent in the eastern portion, are greatly moderated. The occurrence of extreme low or high temperatures is generally associated with the occasional invasion of the continental air masses. The unlimited supply of moisture available to those air masses that move across the Pacific is largely responsible for the abundant rainfall over western Oregon and the higher elevations of the eastern portion.
Beginning near and following the coast the full length of the State, the Coast Range is the farthest west of the three mountain ranges that exert an important influence on Oregon's climate. This range rises to between 2,000 and 3,000 feet above sea level in the northern part of the State and between 3,000 and 4,000 feet in the southern portion with occasional peaks rising another 1,000 to 1,500 feet. This range, athwart the path of the moisture laden marine air moving in from the Pacific, forces it to rise as it moves eastward. The resultant cooling and condensation produces some of the heaviest annual rainfalls in the United States along the higher western slopes, and materially reduces the available moisture in the air.
The Cascade Mountains parallel the Coast Range about 75 miles to the east and to within 50 to 75 miles of the California border where the two ranges merge, forming a fairly broad, rugged mountain chain known as the Rogue River Mountains. The Cascades rise from the broad valley of the Willamette eastward to an average height of about 5,000 feet, with a few peaks over 10,000 feet. One of these, Mount Hood, at an elevation of 11,245 feet, is the highest point in the State. Once again, the air masses from the west are forced to ascend causing them to give up additional moisture. The rain potential of the marine air, however, was greatly reduced by passage over the Coast Range; therefore, the rainfall on the west slopes of the Cascades at a corresponding elevation is only about one-half to two-thirds as great as on the Coast Range. Precipitation amounts decrease rapidly once the crest is crossed and descent down the eastward side begins.
The Blue Mountains extend from the northeast corner southwestward to the valleys of the John Day and the Deschutes Rivers in central Oregon. Part of the chain projects southeast to the Snake River Valley, while in the northeast a separate branch is known as the Wallowa Mountains. These mountains, roughly between 5,000 and 6,000 feet with peaks from 7,000 to 9,000 feet, also exert an influence on the climate in the immediate area including several sizable valleys, particularly those of the Umatilla and Grand Ronde Rivers. However, the overall effect is much less than that of either the Coast of the Cascade Range. These mountains are the source of a number of small streams used for irrigation and power production. They are also in an area of fairly heavy snowfall which provides excellent skiing. The snowmelt maintains the steady and reliable water flow necessary for fine trout and salmon streams.
The Steens Mountains are a short range in the southeast part of the State less than 25 miles in length and only a very local climatic significance. The main crest is slightly more than 8,000 feet above sea level, with one peak of 9,354 feet. They serve as a snow shed that feeds several small streams useful to local irrigation. Most important of these is the Donner and Blitzen River.
The Columbia River is of vital economic importance to the State, since the large dams along its course generate most of the hydroelectric power in the Northwest. Its waters are used to irrigate several thousand acres of rich agricultural land in the Boardman and Portland areas. As a major waterway it carries millions of tons of shipping hundreds of miles inland each year. The ports of Vancouver on the Columbia, and Portland on the Willamette at its confluence with the Columbia, are among the finest and largest fresh water ports in the world. Cutting through both the Cascade and the Coast Ranges, the Columbia Gorge offers ready passage of marine air from the Pacific. Temperatures are moderated to the east in both summer and winter. Continental air occasionally passes in reverse and produces the more extreme low temperatures in the western valleys.
Winding through the rugged terrain that makes up much of Oregon are the Columbia and Snake River Basins, the valleys of the many streams that head in the mountains and several very wide plateau regions. The valleys, particularly those of the Columbia, Snake, Willamette, Rouge, and Hood Rivers, produce most of Oregon's agricultural wealth; however, the mountain and plateau regions are used extensively for livestock grazing and dryland farming. The Columbia Plateau covers about two-thirds of the State's total area and extends from the eastern border westward to the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains and from the southern boarder north to the Columbia River. Its elevations ranges from 4,000 to 6,000 feet and because of its arid nature and scant vegetation, summer heating and winter cooling often becomes extreme.
The State is divided into six major agroclimatic areas:
1) Coastal and Lower Columbia (Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Lincoln, and Tillamook Counties): This is a heavily timbered area with copious rainfall much of the year resulting in lush pastures, largely responsible for the predominance of dairying in these counties. The raising of meat animals, both sheep and cattle, is rapidly becoming a close second in importance to timber. Along the lower Columbia and in the northern Coastal valleys production of Bent grass seed, narcissus bulbs, cranberries, and milk add significantly to the farm income. In the southern coastal counties, in addition to dairy and mean production, substantial supplements to the farm income include wool, cranberries, legume crops and seeds, nuts, fruit, strawberries, and a large lily bulb and cut flower industry.
2) Willamette Valley (Benton, Clackamas, Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington, and Yamhill Counties): This is by far the most diversified agricultural are in the State. Its climate is relatively free of extremes in temperatures; growing seasons are long, and moisture is abundant most of the year, although the use of summer irrigation is expanding rapidly. There are extensive commercial productions of hay, grain, a wide variety of truck crops, apples, pears, sweet cherries, hops, onions, potatoes, mint, fiber flax, numerous vegetable and specialty grass seed crops, and many other miscellaneous crops. Other multi-million dollar farm operations include dairying, poultry raising, particularly turkeys, and extensive nurseries.
3) Southwestern Oregon (Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine Counties): This region is best known for the Rouge River pear industry with over ten thousand acres devoted to that crop. Following fruit raising in importance comes dairying, followed by the raising of hay, grain, seed crops, beef cattle, poultry, and sheep. In local areas the growing of bulbs and hops adds substantially to the agricultural economy. The development of sprinkler irrigation is greatly extending pasture use and materially aiding certain horticulture interests.
4) Columbia Basin (Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Wasco, and Wheeler Counties): This is Oregon's major wheat producing area. Grain, raised on dryland farms, is the main source of farm income in all of these counties except Hood River where fruit, particularly pears, apples and sweet cherries, leads. These fruits are also raised commercially in counties adjacent to the Columbia River. Umatilla County realizes a sizable income from fruit as well as from a multimillion-dollar green pea raising and processing industry, and other truck crops raised under irrigations. In addition, beef cattle, sheep, alfalfa, and poultry all make substantial contributions to the agricultural wealth of the region.
5) South Central Oregon (Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, and lake Counties): This region is primarily livestock country with vast spring, summer, and fall ranges. In addition to beef cattle, which are the dominant livestock interest, there is also extensive raising of sheep, dairy herds, horses, and swine. In the three counties of Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson are 160,000 acres of land under irrigation. Another extensive irrigation operation is in Klamath County with water supplied by Klamath Lake. Field crops grown on commercial basis include potatoes, particularly those for certified seed stock; alfalfa as both a hay and seed crop, as well as large acreages of other hay crops; a major portion of the State's Ladino clover seed; and wheat, oats, barely, and onions.
6) Snake River Basin (Baker, Malheur, Union, and Wallowa Counties): With over five million acres of Federal range being utilized by ranchers in these counties, it follows that livestock raising is the major industry. The one exception is Union County where field crops hold a slight lead. While beef cattle predominate, sheep, dairy herds, hogs, and poultry are all important contributors to the farm income. In most of these counties the principal crops are wheat, potatoes, barely, oats, and grass seed. In recent years irrigation has greatly increased in Malheur County, where the most diversified agriculture in this portion of the State is carried out. In addition to crops already mentioned, this county produced large acreages of sugar beets, onions, peas, tomatoes, berries, sweet corn, and miscellaneous crops.
TEMPERATURE – Few states have greater temperature extremes than Oregon where they have ranged from a low of 54° F below zero to a high of 119° F. Seldom, however, do daily extremes occur even closely approaching these absolute records. In 80 percent of recent years t eh highest temperature recorded in the State has not exceeded 114° F, not was the absolute minimum lower than -37° F. In 50 percent of those years no temperature was recorded higher than 110° mark. Here the mean of the coldest month, January, is 45° F only 15° less than that of July, the warmest month. In the Willamette Valley few stations have had a maximum temperature greater than 98° F, or a minimum temperature lower than 16° F for over half of their years f record. Temperature of 90° F or more, occur only about six to eight days a year and those below zero occur on an average of once every 25 years. Here the mean temperatures average 38° F in January and 66° F in July. In the inland valleys of the southwest the average summer temperatures are about 5° F higher than in the northwest and maximums of 90° F or more occur 40 to 50 days a year. In south-central Oregon the median annual maximum temperatures over a period of years have been between 95° F and 100° F, varying, of course, with the different stations; in most other areas east of the Cascades this variance is between 100° and 105° F. Median annual minimum temperatures for eastern Oregon vary from near zero in the more protected areas of the Columbia Basin to -26° F in the high mountain and plateau regions. The minima for majority of these stations, however, lies in the range of –1 to -10° F. The normal mean January temperature in southeast Oregon is 25° to 28° F and in the northeast 29° to 33° F; July normal means range between 65° and 70° F in the central valleys and plateau regions and 70° to 78° F along the eastern border.
PRECIPITATION – The average annual rainfall in Oregon varies from less than eight inches in drier Plateau Regions to as much as 200 inches at points long the upper west slopes of the coast Range. Accordingly, vegetation ranges from the heavily wooded Coast Range and west slopes of the Cascades with their dense undergrowth to only a very sparse growth of sagebrush and desert type grasses over the wide plateau areas of central Oregon. This variation in precipitation also produces a similar irrigation projects in recent years have converted thousands of acres of semi desert areas into highly productive farmland.
The State as a whole has a very definite winter rainfall climate. West of the Cascades about one-half of the annual total precipitation falls from December through February; about one-fourth in the spring and fall and very little during the summer months. East of the Cascades the differences are not as pronounced with slightly more precipitation in winter than in spring and fall, while only about 10 percent falls during the summer. Along the coast the normal annual total is from 75 to 90 inches, and increases up the west slopes of the Coast Range to almost 200 inches near the crest. Amounts decrease on the eastern slopes and in the Willamette Valley. On the western slopes of the Cascades there is again a marked increase in precipitation with elevation as annual averages range up to 75 inches. Amounts decrease rapidly on the east side. The annual average precipitation with elevation as annual averages range up to 75 inches. Amounts decrease rapidly on the east side. The annual average precipitation for the great plateau of the State is often less than eight inches. In the Columbia River Basin and the Blue Mountains, totals are about 15 to 20 inches; however, some of the mountain regions receive as much as 35 inches.
SNOWFALL – In the high Cascades, where the State's heaviest snowfalls occur, there are few official observing stations. Considerable reliance must be placed on measurements obtained on various snow courses. It appears that annual average totals can range from 300 t 550 inches. A maximum annual snowfall of 879 inches and a snow depth of 242 inches has been officially recorded at Crater Lake National Park headquarters. Winter precipitation along the Coast Range, due to its lower elevations, occurs largely in the form of rain, although it too is occasionally subject to very heavy snows. In the Blue Mountains, seasonal totals range between 150 to 300 inches and depths on the ground may occasionally exceed 120 inches, but during most years the greatest recorded snow depths are less than 100 inches. The periods of continuous snow cover very with elevation. On the peaks of the Cascades higher than 7,000 feet above sea level it persists in glacial form the year around. In most mountain areas above 4,500 feet snow cover lasts from early December until the latter part of April. Snow courses aberages show that above 4,500 feet, snow depths (again varying with elevation) are approximately 50 to 100 inches in the Cascades, 25 to 65 inches in the Blue Mountains at the end of January; 60 to 125 inches and 25 to 70 inches, respectively, at the end of February; 75 to 135 inches and 25 to 80 inches at the end of March; 40 to 120 inches and five to 45 inches at the end of April.
Along the coast the average annual snowfall is only one to three inches, with many years in which there is no measurable amount. In the inland western valleys most yearly totals average between 10 to 15 inches, with snow on the ground seldom lasting more than two to three days at a time. In north-central Oregon the annual average is 15 to 30 inches, while over the higher plateau region that makes up the south-central portion snowfall ranges up to as much as 60 inches. In the valleys of the northeast 40 to 75 inches is normal, while in the Snake River Basin which makes up most of the southeast it is only 15 to 40 inches. Every few years some part of the State, (with the possible exception of the coastal areas), may be visited by heavy snowstorms which even in the Willamette Valley can produce 20 to 25 inches in a 24-hour period.
SEVERE STORMS – Hailstorms occur each year, but are generally light and cover very small areas. They cause thousands of dollars damage annually to crops with much lesser damage to buildings. Practically all of these storms occur east of the Cascades. In the western part of the State thunderstorms occur in the valleys an average of four to five days a year and are not usually severe. In the eastern part, they occur on 12 to 15 days with heavier precipitation and greater wind damage; however, total losses are not extensive. It is in the mountain areas that these storms occur most frequently and each year many forest fires are started by the accompanying lightning.
Several times each year winds of hurricane force (74 m.p.h. and over) strike the Oregon coast. They sometimes move inland to the western valleys and up the Columbia Gorge. At Portland, gusts with instantaneous speeds of 75 to 80 miles per hour are occasionally observed. Damage is usually confined to power and communication lives, to some crops, and to outdoor signs, and timber. Very rarely does loss of life or major structural damage to buildings result. The few tornadoes reported have been short lived. The prevailing wind direction is influenced by the surrounding terrain. In the Columbia Gorge for example, the prevailing direction of the wind follows the orientation of the gorge at that point. Similarly, in the Willamette Valley prevailing directions are aligned north-south with the valley. The very strong winds, of course, are determined by the directions of the major storm movements. In reviewing the fastest wind on record for each month for a number of Oregon stations it was found that 60 percent of them were from the south or west. Light winds greatly outnumber the strong storms winds, and mountain slopes and other topographic features influence their direction.
FLOODS – Most of the State is drained into the Pacific Ocean through the Columbia River. Major tributaries to the Columbia include: the Willamette draining both the east slope of the Coast Range and the west slope of the Cascades; the Deschutes; the John Day; the Umatilla and the Snake Rivers. The Snake makes up more than half of Oregon's eastern border and drains practically all the State east of the Blue Mountains. The west slope of the Coast Range and all areas south of the Willamette Basin and west of the summit of the Cascades are drained directly into the Pacific Ocean by three large river systems – the Umpqua, Rogue and Smith Rivers along with a number of smaller coastal steams. The only major river draining south central Oregon is the Klamath. The remainder of the area lying south of the Deschutes and John Day Basins and between the Cascades and the Blue Mountains has only internal drainage into brackish lakes. Many of these lakes become dry during the summer months.
Major flooding in the Willamette Basin and the coastal steams usually results from several days of moderate to heavy rain extending over the entire Basin. When combined with sharply rising air temperatures and a warm southerly wind, the melting of a heavy snow pack on the middle and upper slopes of the Coast Range and/or the Cascades greatly increases the flood potential. Until recently, major flooding in the Willamette had an average frequency of about on in four years, and in the Coastal steams once in every two years. The construction of a number of large multiple-purpose dams in recent years on many of the larger tributaries of the Willamette has significantly reduced flooding.
Flooding in the main channel of the Columbia River usually occurs during late spring and early summer when snowmelt in the mountains is most rapid. Simultaneous occurrences of heavy, warm rain over large parts of the Columbia Basin have, on occasion, produced some very damaging floods. The Columbia, like the Willamette, has many large multiple-purpose dams as an aid in flood control and the danger of severe flooding is greatly reduced.
During the early morning hours the relative humidity is greatest and there is little variation at this time between winter and summer readings in eastern and western Oregon. The 4:30 a.m. average for practically every station in the State form which relative humidity figures are available is between 82 and 92 percent in January and only about five percent less in each case in July. In contrast, the 4:40 p.m. averages, when the relative humidities are least, show a very marked difference between summer and winter and also between the areas east and west of the Cascades. The afternoon average relative humidity ranges between 75 and 85 percent in January, while in July this drops to 25 or 30 percent east of the Cascades and slightly higher on the western side. Relative humidities of 10 to 20 percent often occur under extreme conditions during the summer and early fall.
The average dates of the last 32° F temperature in the spring and the first in fall are used to determine the average length of the growing season. A temperature that is very critical to one type of vegetation may not be damaging to others. The length of the growing season is extremely variable and depends primarily on elevation and latitude. This period ranges from less than 50 to almost 300 days.
Several evaporation stations are in operation in Oregon, primarily at agricultural experiment stations and at reservoir installations. Most of these records are seasonal (May-September) when about 90 to 80 percent of the annual evaporation takes place. A summary of the average evaporation for these five months at representative stations shows a range from 18 to 46 inches.
The north coastal area has the least sunshine, while the southeast corner of the station the most, based on limited records. The sun will shine about 20 percent of the time possible in the coastal area and 45 percent of the time possible in the southeast. These values increase in April to values of 50 to 70 percent; in July to 55 percent the northwest and 90 percent in the southeast; and by October have declined to 40 and 65 percent respectively.
CLIMATE AND THE ECONOMY – Oregon's economy is very closely tied to its climate, with regard to its industry, agriculture and recreation. The mild temperatures and abundant rainfall on the middle and upper slopes of the Coast Range and the Cascade Mountains make this one of the fastest tree growing areas in the nation. Many billions of board feet of Douglas fir and pine are harvested each year. Lumbering and the manufacture of related forest products are the principal industries for the State. The heavy sustained runoff from the high elevations makes it possible to generate vast quantities of hydroelectric power. The many large dams throughout the Columbia Basin testify to this. Numerous industries dependent upon electricity have been developed in this area.
Agriculture in Oregon is a varied as the climate that sustains it. Although annual precipitation ranges from less than 10 inches to more than 60, the principal crop areas have one thing in common – their very predominate winter rainfall climate. There are years when the combined July and August total over the entire State averages only a quarter of an inch or less and the normal in the eastern part of the State for these two months is less than an inch. Despite this, a very wide range of crops is grown here. Because of the frequency of dry summers, agricultural crops and practices are planned accordingly.
The most damaging drought condition is a very marked deficiency of rainfall during spring and early summer. It is needed then to complete maturity of hay and grain, and to bring on range forage. Seldom has the lack of moisture been severe enough to cause a complete crop failure over any sizable area. It does occasionally reduce crop yields and quality and force ranchers to put livestock on the market before they stock has reached prime conditions.
The heavy winter precipitation in the mountain areas also provides an abundant water supply for irrigation in areas able to take advantage of it. In recent years there has been a tremendous growth in land brought under irrigation. This has been done in a number of ways. The dams that generate hydroelectric power, and others as well, are used to store winter rainfall for summer irrigation. Several private irrigation districts have been formed and an extensive system of canals built to bring water from reservoirs and streams to previously semi-desert land. In many areas deep wells have been dug, and sprinkler systems have been put into operation. There is a great deal of land in Oregon in the low rainfall areas not being utilized to its full potential that is not now being fully realized. Techniques for utilizing these assets are progressing at an accelerated pace. Ample rainfall, mild temperatures and a fairly long growing season in many areas makes it feasible to develop the irrigation systems necessary to develop additional croplands.


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East Moriches man killed in Shirley crash
An East Moriches man was killed when his car left the road and hit a tree and telephone pole in Shirley Sunday morning, Suffolk police said.
Ronald Murphy, 20, was alone in his 2012 Nissan Altima when the car left the northbound lane on William Floyd Parkway and crashed south of Coraci Boulevard at 11:50 a.m. police said.
The Mastic Beach Fire Department responded within minutes and used hydraulic rescue tools to remove him from the vehicle, but Murphy was pronounced dead at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue.
Police impounded the car for a safety check and detectives are asking anyone with information on the crash to call the Seventh Squad at 631-852-8752.

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Secretary-General's Message to UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Stakeholder Conference [delivered by Mr. Robert Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority] Brussels, Belgium, 19 March 2012
"I am pleased to see this conference taking place, supported by the presence of so many stakeholders. Especially at a time of upheaval in the Middle East, Palestinian refugees will be encouraged to know of your steadfast commitment to ensuring their well-being.
I welcome your focus on youth. Addressing the needs of the largest generation of young people the world has ever known is one of my top priorities. Yet opportunities for youth are falling short. Youth unemployment rates are at record levels. We must do more to help young people make the most of their enormous potential. This means making sure their rights and freedoms are respected, and that they receive a good education and are able to make a living once they graduate. I will be appointing a Special Representative for Youth as part of my efforts to mobilize the international system in support of this goal.
In the Middle East, children and youth outnumber their elders. They are the majority, and one of the region's most precious resources, yet their choices are severely limited. Over the past year, they have taken their demands for change to the street and the ballot box.
Palestinian refugee youth face bleaker realities of their own: occupation, exclusion, conflict and poverty. Despite this hardship, they are full of promise and ambition, as anyone who has met them can attest. They have a right to fulfill their aspirations without barriers and without discrimination.
As hosts, donors, and moral supporters, we are committed to helping them achieve precisely that. One way is through support for UNRWA, whose resourceful and creative programming continues to contribute to the human development of the youngest Palestinian refugees.
In Gaza, schools flying the United Nations flag are an oasis of learning and openness in a place largely closed to the outside world. In Lebanon's Nahr el-Bared camp, UNRWA is rebuilding what conflict has destroyed and what youth crave: a life of self-reliance and dignity. In Jordan, most UNRWA trainees graduate into skilled employment. In Syria and the West Bank, micro-financing from UNRWA is helping refugee youth to create livelihoods.
UNRWA is also promoting digital literacy. At this moment, in the camps and elsewhere, Palestinian refugee youth are following our event through live blogging. To them I say: continue to explore the digital world, and make sure you and your fellow refugees take advantage of this source of freedom and connection, which can open opportunities to learn, work, network and communicate.
Through UNRWA, the generosity of donors has empowered countless refugees to seize and create opportunities for a better life. But what we owe above all to the youth of the Palestinian refugee camps is peace. We must persist in our efforts to make progress towards a resolution of the Middle East conflict, including a just and agreed resolution of the refugee question as one of the core issues. It is the refugee's right, and it is our responsibility, to see this realized.
Thank you again for your support. I wish you a productive meeting."
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British Go Journal No. 54. October 1981. Page 16.
|6 Dan
|J.Diamond (London), M.Macfadyen (Reading)
|5 Dan
|A.Goddard (Overseas), P.Prescott (Not known), T.Stacey (Hammersmith)
|4 Dan
|J.Barty (London), J.Bates (London), F.May (London), D.Mitchell (London), R.Ochser (London), A.Pirani (Hammersmith)
|3 Dan
|A.Daly (Overseas), S.Dowsey (Hampstead), T.M.Hall (Overseas), D.Jones (Canute), C.Matthews (Cambridge), R.Moss (Bracknell), F.Roads (Woodford), O.Roberts (Hammersmith), D.Sutton (Reading), D.Wells (London)
|2 Dan
|J.Allen (London), R.Berry (Huddersfield), J.Clare (Reading), C.Clement (Harwell), B.Chandler (Overseas), P.Fage (London), J.Fairbairn (London), J.Faraway (Cambridge), H.Fearnley (Oxford), D.Goto (London), M.Hollings (Malvern), D.Hunter (Reading), T.Manning (London), J.McLeod (London), F.Pratt (Not known), K.Seaman (Southampton), J.H.Smith (Birmingham), P.J.Smith (Reading), R.J.Smith (Cheltenham), A.P.Stout (Not known), J.Tilley (Overseas), N .Webber (London))
|1 Dan
|M.Amin (Manchester), S.Bailey (Not known), C.Barwood (Hammersmith), L.Bock (Not known), D.Cann (Coventry), P.Christie (Not known), S.Clark (Hammersmith), J.Cock (Not known), A.Cooper (Not known), M.Culver (Hammersmith), A.Dean (Southampton), P.Dunn (Not known), S.Fawthrop(Overseas), A.Grant (Woodford), C.Grant (London), R.Granville (Malvern), T.Goodey (Overseas), W.Gregory (Coventry), A.Hall (-), A.Harrison (Southampton), H.Harte (Manchester), J.Hawdon (London), T.Hazelden (Hammersmith), R.Hitchens (Bristol), J.Hobson (Baldock), R.Hunter (Overseas), C.Irving (Overseas), H.Lee (London), I. Meiklejohn(London), Q. Mills (Monmouth), T. Oxenham (Overseas), T. Parker (Not known), B. Philp (Birmingham), J. Rastall(London), Mark Roberts (London), Mike Roberts (Bristol), P. Robinson (Malvern), A.Scarff (Reading), C.Stevenson (Overseas), N.Symes (Not known), R.Thompson (London), B.Uzzell (Birmingham), A.Wall (Huddersfield), J.Welch (Bristol))
|1 Kyu
|T.Ainscow (Manchester), D.Artus (London), T.Barker (Manchester), S.Barnes (London), B. Bolton (Ipswich), L.Bremner (Overseas), A. Cross (London), J. Crow (Swale), J.Dawson (Hammersmith), B.Dackombe (Hampstead), K.Dean (Not known), B.Ellis (Hammersmith), G.Gray (Overseas), J.Green (Hammersmith), D.Harper (Cheltenham), P. Hinds (Not known), A.Hosaya (Hammersmith), C.Leedham-Green (Woodford), L.Manley (London), J.Metcalf (Not known), T.Mitchison (Oxford), L.O'Callaghan (London), J.O'Driscoll (Bracknell), J.Patterson (Edinburgh), E.Shaw (Hammersmith), P.Shepperson (Hammersmith), B.Smart (Not known), G.Stott (Cambridge), V.West (Bracknell), M.White, C.Whitehouse (Hammersmith), P. Williams, A.Williamson (Not known), I.Yong (Not known).
Note: Several of the players marked as overseas are playing at grades different from those given above; in such cases the Grading Subcommittee only uses results of games against players already known to us (i.e. Europeans in most cases) and so the grades given are usually those with which the player left the country.
Other Note: The BGA only controls the grades of Dan Players; the above list of 1 kyus is almost certainly incomplete - anyone who thinks they're 1 kyu (or stronger) and are missing from the list should make themselves known to the Grading Subcommittee via the BGA Secretary.


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René LALIQUE (1860-1945): 1930's big oval bowl 'Tokyo' model, signed
René LALIQUE (1860-1945) : Big oval bowl 'Tokyo' model with pearls decor, in white moulded-pressed glass, signed underneath with the acid-etched signature 'R.LALIQUE FRANCE'. Model created in 1934 and not produced anymore after 1947.
Size : 42,3 x 31,5 cm - 16 5/8 x 12 3/8 in
Height : 5,5 cm - 2 1/8 in
Felix MARCILHAC: René LALIQUE, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre. Paris. Les Editions de l'Amateur. 1989. This model created in 1934, referenced under the number 10-3460 and reproduced on page 775.
René LALIQUE (1860-1945):
French glass designer, jeweler, furniture designer, painter and sculptor, active in Paris. Aprrenticed to goldsmith Louis AUCOC, Paris 1878-1880, studied in London and in Ecole des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. In 1884, met Jules DESTAPE and bought in 1885 his successful jewelry workshop in Paris. Furnished a number of Parisian jewelers with designs, including CARTIER, BOUCHERON and AUCOC. In 1890-92, he studied enameling and experimented with new processes, creating a range of the soft colors characteristic of Art Nouveau. In 1902, he created a new process for molding glass; 1891-94, made much of the stage jewelry for Sarah BERNHARDT and an Egyptian-style tiara for Mme BARTHET. Started to assemble a spectacular jewelry series in 1896, showing it at the 1900 Paris exposition; his reputation grew when museums bought his work. 1895-1912, he assembled a great series of 145 pieces for Calouste GULBENKIAN. LALIQUE created a new style of jewelry influenced by Renaissance and Japanese art; in 1894, he began to incorporate figurative designs (flowers, animals, insects, female figures, landscapes) into his work. His interest in glass led him to include pieces of crystal, carved into figurative forms, in his jewelry, c.1905. His sculpture was executed in bronze, ivory, and silver. He began experimentations in glass with the large 1904 molded-glass panel for the front door of his house, some scent bottles, and sculpture.. In 1906-7, LALIQUE's career went into its second phase, when François COTY commisioned him to design scent bottles in pressed glass. LALIQUE followed with flacon designs for Marcel ROCHAS's 'Femme' and the famous double-dove motif for Nina RICCI's 'L'Air du Temps'. Anticipating the importance of glass in 20th-century architecture, he designed and furnished in 1913 over 200 window panels for the COTY building, Fifth Avenue, New York. He abndoned jewelry in favor of pressed glass; although he finished pieces with hand-polishing and cutting, he used semi-industrial techniques to blow-mold and stamp. LALIQUE's production 1920-30 was prolific; he designed some 350 vases and bowls in molded clear, colored, or opalescent glass, along with a range of tableware, car mascots, jewelry, lighting, and scent bottles. His work was on display throughout 1925 Paris 'Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes', including at his own Pavilion, and also 1934 Paris 'Salon de la Lumière' and 1937 Paris 'Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne'. He rediscovered the highly stable 'demi-crystal' and created one-off pieces by the cire-perdue process; exploited the use of glass in indirect interior lighting. In 1932, he produced a wide range of glass designs for the 1935 oceanliner 'Normandie'. His work was widely copied by others including Sabino, Hunebelle, and Etling in France, and glassmakers worldwide. From 1945, the business was supervised by his son Marc LALIQUE. The firm is a member of Comité COLBERT.
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As long as certain wording is changed, Harford County's volunteer fire and emergency medical services companies are mostly in favor of an executive order that will place the companies under the jurisdiction of the county government, several longtime fire service leaders say.
Harford County Executive David Craig has signed an executive order creating a department of public safety which, if approved by the county council, will give the county executive more control over the fire service than it has now.
Although all the fire companies receive annual allotments of money from the county to help defray their operating and equipment expenses, they retain considerable independence from the government.
There is one major sticking point to what Craig is proposing, and it concerns how much control the county department and its director can exercise over individual fire companies, especially at the scene of a fire or accident. Both sides, however, say they believe an accommodation will be reached on that issue.
Harford has an all-volunteer fire service. A dozen private companies are responsible for answering fire calls in geographic areas established by the companies themselves through an umbrella group known as the Harford County Fire and EMS Association.
Meeting in Jarrettsville Wednesday night, the association's board of trustees voted not to support the executive order "as written," according to Bill Dousa Jr., the association president.
Dousa said he informed Craig of the vote via e-mail Thursday and is hopeful of arranging a meeting between the trustees and the county executive.
Meanwhile, the executive order will be discussed by the Harford County Council at its Dec. 4 legislative session.
A press conference will be held earlier the same day at 11 a.m. in county council chambers at 212 S. Bond St. in Bel Air.
"The topic is the 'Craig Administration Priorities – Final Two-Year Program,'" county spokesman Bob Thomas wrote in an e-mail Wednesday. "The topic of the Department of Public Safety will be part of that presentation from the county executive."
The event will be formally announced Friday morning.
Commission endorsement
Earlier this year, Craig appointed a public safety commission to study all emergency services in the county with a eye toward recommending how best to administer them in the future. With a population approaching 250,000 residents, Harford is the largest jurisdiction in the state that doesn't have at least a partially paid fire service.
The commission, whose membership includes several fire service veterans, has endorsed the proposed department.
Tony Bennett, the public safety commission chairman, explained last week that when the earlier study was commissioned by the county executive and fire and EMS association two years ago, it recommended establishing a department to encompass all of the county's emergency services.
The fire service already "sort of reports to the county through various entities," Bennett continued, and the department would ultimately place that responsibility under its designated director. The recommendation was passed on to Craig's office in January.
"A recommendation was made to give the fire service a seat at the executive's table at the county level," Bennett said. "Because we weren't represented at the executive's table, even Craig felt it was important that we be there." Bennett said the county executive was "fully supportive" of the recommendation.
Another reason to create the department, Bennett said, is to ideally help the fire service become at least a partially paid service sometime in the future.
"We're trying to look down the road and [ask] what is the county going to need some time down the road," he said.
Bennett has been a member of the Harford volunteer the fire service for 46 years and has witnessed the county growing and changing over the decades.
"It just keeps growing as far as time commitment and when you're 100 percent volunteer, it becomes difficult," he said.
Sooner or later, he continued, the issue will have to be addressed if Harford's fire companies remain entirely volunteer or if they move to some paid, full-time employees.
Different agendas
"I think a lot of it comes down to how different factions view different communication and wording," Bennett, a 46-year member of the Aberdeen Fire Department, said. "There is some resistance to the executive order already, and that is created by the fact that when orders are drafted by people who may not be in the middle of a specific arena they're drafted from their perspective."
Bennett believes part of the resistance comes from the different companies worried that the county will have too much control over what is done and part of it comes from the county council.
He remains confident, however, that everyone would be amenable to working out any wording in the executive order that people have an issue with and coming up with something everyone would be happy with.
In the long run, Bennett said, he feels the department of public safety "will allow us to focus the support of the system and build ultimately a better fire service for the citizens."
Questions for fire service
Bennett told the commission during its regular meeting, held in Aberdeen Tuesday, that he met with Craig and Director of Administration Mary Chance on Nov. 14 to discuss the executive order.
Bennett said Craig posed questions the county executive wants the fire service to address over the next few months. They include:
What would be an appropriate baseline fleet based on expected and current volumes throughout the county and in specific companies?
What would be a "true" financial cost for providing EMS service countywide and within each company?
With regard to the latter, Bennett said, Craig wants EMS only review of the companies' financial records to understand expenses and revenue they receive when their ambulances are deployed.
Bennett also said there has been "push back" to the executive order, but Craig has agreed to change the paragraph that has garnered most of the contention from the fire service regarding who would be in command of the fire and emergency service operations.
As the order currently reads, "the Department of Public Safety shall be responsible for the coordination, command, control and the oversight of the fire and emergency service operations, services and other support organizations to ensure the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Harford County."
The fire companies want to maintain control of their services and operations, particularly at the fire scenes within their territories, or fire boxes.
Bennett added that draft language has been offered to "correct" that paragraph.
"We're really pushing to get this taken care of," he added.
Bennett urged people to attend next week's county council meeting and "show support for this [executive] order."
Commission comments
Steve Gamatoria, treasurer at Susquehanna Hose Company of Havre de Grace and a member of the public safety commission, said after Tuesday's meeting he agrees the wording of the executive order dealing with fire scene control is the biggest "bone of contention" and made people nervous.
"Once that's removed," he said, "the idea of the whole department of public safety, I think the whole county is on board with the executive order."
Gamatoria has been involved with the fire service since 1978. Today, he said, "there is more communication between the county and the [fire and EMS] association, and I think some of the credit is to the commission to being there, raising the questions and forcing both sides to come together."
He believes the intention of the proposed department is "not to take over anything — it is to advocate." The executive order, he continued, will "absolutely" help with that mission.
"There is so much the county has to offer that the fire service just doesn't get to take advantage of," Gamatoria said, such as a conduit for the fire and EMS service to the county administration and purchasing power. "That's where I see a huge advantage that a lot of people aren't thinking of at a macro level."
Waiting for new wording
Aberdeen Fire Department Chief Steve Hinch reiterated that there were initial worries with the wording of the executive order, but Craig has "assured us that it was a mistake and that it would be corrected."
The companies are, however, still waiting to see the corrected language of the executive order, he added.
"We are in support of a public safety division and a director of public safety," Hinch said. "As long as that wording is changed to put the operational stuff in the control of the chief officers from each of the companies, nobody is opposed to what he's wanting to do."
Hinch hopes these changes the fire service has requested are part of the discussion with the county council next week.
The fire and EMS association, however, has "different opinions on different aspects on what Mr. Craig is asking for," he said.
One of those aspects, Hinch explained: "The association has always been the contact with the county government for fire and EMS and now with a public safety director and department there is some speculation that the volunteer services are going to be pushed to the side or we will start losing volunteers in Harford County, and that is not what David Craig nor what many of the county council members want done."
The new department, he believes, will provide accountability for what the county gives to the volunteer companies and bring them all together as one group rather than 12 individual companies.
"It gives us more of a voice," Hinch said, "one powerful group that will be able to speak for everybody."
Foregone conclusion
Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Chief Eddie Hopkins said his company has known "since the study was released that this was the direction County Executive Craig was going to go."
The company supports the creation of the public safety department, he continued, and feels it will be beneficial in the long run.
Hopkins acknowledged the concerns many members have about the wording of the executive order, saying when taken at face value the wording can be "a little vague."
"As a fire chief and given whoever this person may be to fill this role [of director]," he said, "they may or may not know how my company responds to fire calls and members."
If the director came onto the scene of a fire or EMS call and attempted to take control of the situation, Hopkins said, it could quickly turn into a "dysfunctional scene."
Any ambiguities in the executive order will be addressed during the county council meeting next week, he said.
The bottom line of the executive order is to "bring adequate public safety services to the county," Hopkins explained. "If you do that as a coordinated effort your service is far more effective."
More talks needed
Like Hopkins, Dousa, the fire and EMS association president, said the command and control issue is the major sticking point with the executive order.
He also said that while Craig has met with many individual chiefs and some fire company presidents, "there hasn't been a meeting with everybody – trustees and [fire company] administrations."
Nothing had been set up as of late Thursday afternoon, but Dousa said he hopes they can meet before Tuesday's county council meeting.
"I think this will all work out," he said. "This [the department] can be positive for our fire service if we make it work right."
Aegis Managing Editor Allan Vought contributed to this article.


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Yahoo sports and others are reporting that Favre has decided to stay retired. Perhaps this latest thing was totally a media construct, but he didn't have to agree to (or seek out?) the meeting with the Vikings. It's almost as though he did it just to get back at TT. Lame.
I'm very much ready to put this behind me – so long as Favre doesn't waffle on all of this in a few months (which is entirely possible). Favre on the Vikings would have really ticked me off – still not pleased with how he's gone about all of this, but at least for now, it appears he won't be playing for the hated Vikings.
Though I think it was important to pay attention to this whole situation because it may have had a direct effect on the Packers this year and because like it or not, Brett Favre is a major part of Packer history, I am very much ready to move on and focus on this year's team and other stories in the NFL. Should be a fun year. I'm not sure if it's because it's spring and I can finally golf and release stress appropriately, but I'm feeling pretty good heading into this season. Go Pack!


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"Arrested Development" Comes to Dive Into Media: Make Room for Will Arnett, Mitch Hurwitz and Brian Grazer
So perhaps you've heard: Last week, Netflix made its first big foray into original content, when it debuted "House of Cards," the Kevin Spacey/David Fincher political drama.
The video-streaming company will be doing four more of these in the next year or so, but its next very big splash will come in May.
That's when it brings "Arrested Development," the much-loved, much-mourned Fox comedy, back for a fourth season, using the same controversial release plan as "House of Cards." That is — it's going to release all 14 episodes at once, so you can watch as many as you want, as fast as you want.
And that's why we're very excited to bring some of the show's key on- and offscreen players to our Dive Into Media conference next week: We're going to have Will Arnett, Mitch Hurwitz and Brian Grazer joining us onstage alongside Netflix content czar Ted Sarandos.
These are the folks we were talking about, but couldn't name, awhile back. (Hollywood!) And you should know all of them, but in case you need a refresher:
Will Arnett has a long list of TV and movie credits, but he may be best known for the three seasons he played GOB Bluth on "Arrested Development." If you want to see him before May, you can check out his work on NBC's "Up All Night." Or the stuff his DumbDumb multimedia ad shop has produced.
Mitch Hurwitz created "Arrested Development," and is back for the new season, which he's writing, directing and producing. His TV career stretches all the way back to "The Golden Girls," and his work on "Arrested Development" has netted him three Emmys.
Brian Grazer has been making TV shows and movies for 25 years. Running total for that output: 43 Oscars, 149 Emmys, $13.7 billion in movie revenue, and a lot of happy television viewers. His Imagine Entertainment got "Arrested Development" on the air back in 2003, and he's back for this round as well.
Fun lineup, right? And informative: These are three guys with a whole lot of options — so why are they working on a Web video series? And do they think this is a one-off, or is it the shape of things to come?
Those are the kind of questions we'll be asking all of our guests, from Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen to Facebook content boss Dan Rose to music mogul Jimmy Iovine, at the Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel, Calif., on Monday and Tuesday. You can see the full lineup here. If you want to join us yourself, we have a few tickets left.


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This is an Native American bag that I just recently recieved. It's been handed down through the family. The story that comes with it is that my Grandmother got this when she was a young girl (probably 1900-1905) at the Corn Palace in South Dakota.
I believe it is either a medicine bag or pipe bag. It is heavily beaded and has a different beaded scene on each of it's four sides. It measures about 8.5" in length including the beaded fringe at the bottom.
The condition is very good because it has been in a cedar chest for at least the past 70 years, if not longer. The only problem with this piece is that one of the four beaded 'ball...pom poms (?)' is sadly missing.
I really don't know much about this bag, so if you have expertise in this area, please let me know what it is that I have and any info would be hugely appreciated......( I will get pictures of the other three sides of this bag and post them too.)


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Building a "culture of resistance" in Nabi Saleh
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The Nabi Saleh Cultural Committee held its first conference this weekend under the title "Occupation, the enemy of religions and humanity." The two-day event attracted locals as well as international and Israeli supporters as both audience and speakers.
Many of them were familiar faces. The village of 550, located some 20km north of Ramallah, has been at the heart of the Palestinian non-violent protest movement since it began demonstrating against land annexation by the nearby Israeli settlement of Halamish in December 2009. The weekly demonstrations, held in at least six other villages across the West Bank, brought international and Israeli anti-occupation activists to protest alongside Palestinians against the separation wall and settlements, although numbers gradually waned over the years.
Last summer, the Nabi Saleh Popular Struggle Committee, which had been organising the protests, decided to discontinue the weekly marches. Known for the regular participation of women and children, they invariably ended in sometimes lethal confrontations between stone-throwing youth and the Israeli army, indiscriminately firing tear gas and rubber bullets and live fire into the crowd.
One of the protest leaders, Bassem Tamimi, 50, estimates that
350 people
from this tiny village were injured and 50 were left physically disabled over the years, while two members of his family were killed. Last year, 22 youth from Nabi Saleh were arrested. Some of them are facing long sentences or hefty fines for their release from Israeli military jail.
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r during the First Intifada, has not given up on the idea of non-violent resistance.
"We are now trying to build a culture of resistance," Tamimi told Palestine Monitor, adding that he intends for this to be the first in a series of conferences and other cultural events to take place in the village. Next August, he hopes to resurrect the Nabi Saleh traditional arts festival.
"The Nabi Saleh festival was a historical arts festival, with singing, art, and dancing, before the occupation," he said. "We will continue to educate the people and to make our voices heard this way," he adds, admitting that some among the younger generation are less keen on the idea. Demonstrations will continue, but only "in occasions when something happens. We don't want to feel it's an exam or a Friday lesson."
The conference saw the participation of international civil society, including Amnesty International, well-known figures in activist circles such as former member of the European Parliament Luisa Morgantini, as well as BDS movement leaders.
"In this part of the land, religion has been used by the occupation," Morgantini said in one of the panels, where she spoke alongside religious leaders from different faiths from across Palestine and abroad - echoing what was intended to be the conference's message. "Israel has always played down its multiculturalism and tried to divide Palestinians with all [its] means," she stated.
"We are trying to build a new strategy, to create something new. Because we must study from our experience, and if we can do something better than we are doing," Tamimi said.
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Go Time! describes its musical approach as taking power pop to less-traveled latitudes, but after listening to Hit It, it might be more accurate to say the Chicago-based band brings power pop melodies to hard rock. Certainly, the inspiration for the 14 energetic songs on this follow-up to Go Time!'s 2009 debut Speak comes from The Rolling Stones rather than The Beatles. The CD has a raw, live performance sound fueled by the twin guitars of vocalist-guitarist Scott Niekelski and guitarist-vocalist Paul Schmidt. Niekelski has a no frills singing style, and although Schmidt, drummer Steve Grzenia, and bassist Mark Marketti provide backup vocals, you won't find the lush harmonies often associated with power pop.
The band never loses track of the melody while charging through songs like "Sudden Death" and "Wilmette," and adds a high speed instrumental coda to the already impressive "Happy End." The mid-tempo "Lawn & Garden" has a Creedence Clearwater Revival feel, while "One & Lonely" taps into catchy garage rock. Toward the end of Hit It, some of the riffs start to sound the same, and Go Time might want to think about exploring more variations on its vocal arrangements. Still, this is a solid effort from a group that has pretty much staked out its own territory.


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Crunchy Apple Bread
Total TimePrep: 10 min. Bake: 55 min. + cooling
Makes1 loaf
- 2/3 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup diced peeled apple
- 3/4 cup raisins
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
- In a bowl, cream shortening and sugars. Add eggs and orange juice; beat well. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Stir in apple, raisins and pecans. Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.
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This was SO delicious! I made a few modifications (mostly based on what I had on hand) and it still turned out great. I don't have solid shortening, so I used 1/3 C oil; 1/3 cup melted butter. I omitted raisins and added more chopped apples instead. I sub 1/2 cup of white whole wheat flour for 1/2 cup of the regular flour. Added 1 tsp cinnamon to the batter for flavor. I didn't have OJ on hand, so I juiced a fresh organic orange for the 1/4 cup of juice and I added the grated zest of the orange to the batter as well for even more punch. I had walnuts not pecans so I used those. This was quick and easy, and made the house smell wonderful! Thank you !!!
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Love this apple bread! I'll be making it for the third time today. Great for hungry teenagers!


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Is Ballmer on his way out — and if so, who's the next CEO?
Emails are flying out of Redmond with this speculation: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's botched $50 billion bid for Yahoo could mean the end of his career. While Microsoft's board reportedly gave the CEO considerable leeway in handling the deal, his dithering approach and his failure to sell the deal both to Yahoo's board and Microsoft's own executives don't reflect well on the sweaty screamer. The only problem: Microsoft has no obvious successor for Ballmer.
Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft's Platform and Services Division, which includes Windows and MSN, is the most likely candidate. But like Ballmer, he has a sales background, and he, too, was involved in the failed Yahoo bid. Chief operating officer Kevin Turner is despised within the company, and despite previously being Wal-Mart's CIO, he's not seen as having the right kind of technology background. Ray Ozzie, a respected innovator, has yet to introduce any game-changing new products. Robbie Bach heads up the division that houses the Xbox, one of Microsoft's few hits outside Windows and Office — but he seems too disconnected from Microsoft's core businesses. The rest? A muddle of undistinguished Microsoft lifers and recently imported suits.


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