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Tucson Estates Auto Glass – What Should I know?
Simply put, this is glass that you would find in an automobile. Not too many know that in Tucson Estates there are two major forms of auto glass. Each one is used on certain windows in the automobile. Both types of auto glass are more impact resistant and stronger than regular glass.
What Are the Different Kinds Of Windshield Replacement Tucson Estates Services that are Available?
Laminated safety glass-this glass is generally used on a car's windshield. It is comprised of a couple of pieces of glass that has a slim layer of vinyl. The glass is then heated and pressed together in an autoclave, which is a type of oven. When this glass receives a tough impact it will shatter also but usually the shattered pieces will stick to the vinyl and not fall on the ground.
If the windshield just has a tiny vein or nick, the auto glass professional may be able to repair the tiny vein or nick to keep it from spreading further. The repair will generally take fewer than thirty minutes in Tucson Estates. The vein or nick is cleaned thoroughly and dried. Resin is injected and a material like Mylar is used to hold it in place. The professional cures the resin by using an ultraviolet light.
What Are Windshield Replacement Cost Factors?
Despite what the kids might think, cars were around when their parents were young. Glass had been invented by then and was even around during their grandparent's time. Sometimes it comes as a shock that anything cool existed before video games and cell phones, but classic cars are definitely cool. When windows need to be replaced, lovers of classic vehicles cannot always turn to the regular auto body repair shop where they get their 2011 Ford windows fixed. The right pieces of glass are not typically in stock, and not all windows fit every make and model of car.
Patterns for auto glass were different forty, fifty, and sixty years ago. There are special patterns for each type of vehicle which specialist auto glass replacement and repair shops have access to. Although tools used to cut this glass are more technically advanced compared to those which cut glass 50 and more years ago, the glass is cut precisely to fit into the windshield of an old-fashioned Desoto, Hudson, Studebaker, or other pre-1960 model. A number of auto body shops specializing in repairing old automobiles possess a library of patterns. If the one a customer wants is not available on-site, they will order the pattern. These professionals appreciate the beauty of an older vehicle and the history around its creation.
If you are still uncertain about which company to give your business to, websites often post pictures of cars they have helped to restore. Use these to find out if a company seems to know what it is doing. Although there are specialist auto body outfits all over the country, finding exactly the right professional for the job is worth a road trip if you needed an excuse for one.
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Versus Original Equipment Equivalent (OEE) - Auto Glass
Broken windshields can be a major pain. From chips and cracks to complete spiderwebs, damaged automotive glass is a serious issue no matter the extent of the problem. That's because even tiny dings and splits in your windshield can grow into vision-obscuring messes. However, windshield replacement isn't the only solution when you have damaged auto glass. Smaller flaws can actually be repaired invisibly to restore both strength and an unobstructed view to your windshield. Here's how it works.
The first step to any windshield repair is an evaluation of the damage. The chip or crack should be examined for size and depth as well as location to determine whether it is a candidate for repair. Most flaws up to 6 inches long can be fixed with the typical resin auto glass repair. However, keep in mind that this type of solution only works when just the top layer of glass is fractured. Modern windshields are composed of two layers of glass with a rubber membrane laminated in between; the repair can only resolve issues with the first layer of glass, so if both layers are damaged, or you have a hole that goes all the way through, it's time to start learning about windshield replacement, not repairs. Also, some cracks that are around the perimeter of the windscreen can be difficult or impossible to correct, so make sure that the damage is located in a repairable place.
Once you've determined that the window glass can be repaired, the fix itself is relatively easy. Taking approximately 30 minutes, windshield chip repair is both simple and affordable. Using a special, sunlight-cured resin, the auto glass shop technician will inject the epoxy directly into the chip or crack using specialized tools. This completely fills the damage and ensures a smooth finish. The resin dries completely clear, helping the repair blend in to the surrounding windshield and almost totally hiding where the problem was. Natural sunlight dries the windshield crack repair to a waterproof, strong state that reinforces the windscreen and dependably prevents the crack or chip from ever spreading. Windshield glass repair offers a reliable solution for both sturdiness and aesthetics.
Windshield repairs are also super convenient, as most auto glass shops can actually come to you. Because the resin cures in sunlight and the special tools used to apply it are quite portable, you won't have to take your car or truck into the shop to have it fixed. Instead, technicians can be sent to you for mobile glass repair right in your driveway or even your workplace's parking lot.
The best time to get a cracked windshield repaired is right now. Substantial research data shows that warm temperatures, cold temperatures, temperature shifts, and even rough road surfaces and speed bumps are all likely to exacerbate your car window glass's damage. Remember, windshield crack repair only works for fissures up to 6 inches long, so if you put off calling the auto glass shop, the crack may grow to the point where windshield replacement is your only option. Save yourself the hassle and the money by bringing in an auto glass repair pro today to take a look. Providing structural support and practically invisible performance, resin car window repairs can help get your windshield back to first-class condition quickly and affordably.


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Be on the lookout – Taylor Lautner is about to be kidnapped.
The "Twilight Saga" heartthrob is attached to star in the new thriller "Abduction," according to Variety.
The film, produced by Lionsgate, focuses on a young man (Lautner) who sees his own baby photo on a missing persons Web site. He is then thrust into a vast conspiracy and must go on the run to survive.
No release date has been announced yet.
It's just the latest project for Lautner, who plays werewolf Jacob Black in the "Twilight" series.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, the teen actor will star as the title character in "Stretch Armstrong" for Universal, and also in the title role for Paramount in "Max Steel."
Lautner will next be seen on the big screen when he reprises his role as Jacob in "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," due in theaters on June 30, 2010.
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Date: 11.9.2014
Researchers studying infertility in mouse models found that, unlike similar types of cells that develop into sperm, the stem cells that express PAX7 can survive treatment with toxic drugs and radiation. If the findings hold true in people, they eventually could lead to new strategies to restore or protect fertility in men undergoing cancer treatment.
"Unfortunately, many cancer treatments negatively impact fertility, and men who receive such treatments are at high risk of losing their fertility. This is of great concern among cancer patients," said Dr. Diego H. Castrillon, Associate Professor of Pathology and Director of Investigative Pathology. "The PAX7 stem cells we identified proved highly resistant to cancer treatments, suggesting that they may be the cells responsible for the recovery of fertility following such treatments."
Infertility, which the Centers for Disease Control estimates affects as many as 4.7 million men in the United States, is a key complication of cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
The new findings, presented in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, provide valuable insight into the process of sperm development. Known as spermatogenesis, sperm development is driven by a population of "immature" stem cells called progenitors in the testes. These cells gradually "mature" into fully differentiated sperm cells. Dr. Castrillon and his team tracked progenitor cells that express the protein PAX7 in mouse testes, and found that these cells gradually give rise to mature sperm.
"We have long known that male fertility is driven by rare stem cells within the testes, but the precise identity of these stem cells has been disputed," said Dr. Castrillon, who holds the John H. Childers, M.D. Professorship in Pathology. "Our findings suggest that these rare PAX7 cells are the key cells within the testes that are ultimately responsible for male fertility."
Importantly, even after exposure to toxic chemotherapy or radiation treatments, the PAX7-expressing cells continued to divide and thus could contribute to restoring sperm development.
First author Gina Aloisio, a student in UT Southwestern's Medical Scientist Training Program, is the recipient of a Fellowship Award from the UT Southwestern Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences. Other UT Southwestern researchers involved in the work includeDr. Kent Hamra, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology; Dr. James Amatruda, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, and Molecular Biology, the Horchow Family Scholar in Pediatrics and holder of the Nearburg Family Professorship in Pediatric Oncology Research; Dr. Anita Sengupta, Assistant Professor of Pathology; Dr. Ileana Cuevas, Instructor of Pathology; Dr. Yuji Nakada, Instructor of Pathology; Abhijit Bugde, Department of Cell Biology; graduate student researchers Hatice Saatcioglu, Christopher Pe?a, and Hema Manjunath; and former UT Southwestern researchers Dr. Michael Baker, Dr. Edward Tarnawa, and Jishnu Mukherjee.
The work was sponsored by the David M. Crowley Foundation with additional support through grants from the National Cancer Institute and the State of Texas Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program.
UT Southwestern's Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in North Texas and one of just 66 NCI-designated cancer centers in the nation. The Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center includes 13 major cancer care programs with a focus on treating the whole patient with innovative treatments, while fostering groundbreaking basic research that has the potential to improve patient care and prevention of cancer worldwide. In addition, the Center's education and training programs support and develop the next generation of cancer researchers and clinicians.
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PR Newswire's Business Technology Round-up, 14 December 2012
14 Dec, 2012, 14:00 GMT
LONDON, December 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Carlos Slim given prestigious award, entrepreneurs launch Instapocalypse and AVG announce Yahoo partnership
International telecoms magnate and America Movil CEO Carlos Slim has been granted the prestigious Eisenhower Global Leadership Award this week, recognising his contribution to the business world and extensive philanthropic activities.
Mr. Slim, who was also recently named as the richest man in the world for the past two years in a row, accepted the award at a high-profile event in Virginia, hosted by popular former TV host Larry King. Judges were impressed by the CEO's incredible contribution to business leadership. They noted his success in growing a small South American company into one of the world's most valuable groups, operating in 30 different countries around the world.
In addition to his business activities, Mr. Slim was praised for his contributions to a number of charitable causes, especially in the field of promoting democracy and political freedom throughout South America. One industry leader described the entrepreneur as a "role model for how to do it right. He has truly made a positive and enduring impact and has achieved it on a global scale."
Two innovative entrepreneurs have launched the Instapocalypse website this week, in an attempt to capitalise on the social buzz surrounding the prophesied Mayan apocalypse.
The new site aggregates pictures taken via Instagram using the "Apocalypse" hashtag on Twitter, before displaying the results on their brand new website. The concept was made into a reality thanks to the partnership between serial website designer Savannah Peterson and programmer James Dullaghan, who came together over their shared interest of highlighting the humorous side of the apocalyptic predictions. Dullaghan discussed his inspiration for the site in an interview this week, explaining: "I love that people get scared of a date on the calendar, but forget the fact they are flying through the air on a giant rock at 67,000 miles per hour."
Online security experts AVG has announced a new partnership with tech giants Yahoo, creating a safe search bar for web users.
The new safe search bar allows users to browse the web whilst protecting themselves from dangerous viruses. Following the partnership, those who use Yahoo's built-in search engine will benefit from AVG's "LinkScanner" technology, which continually scans search results, blocking sites that are potentially hosting malicious software. According to Yahoo VP Shashi Seth, it sees "this new relationship as a strategic way for us to enrich and broaden our search footprint moving forward."
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Yet more festive generosity to report now, as former Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle is entering into the vague notion of seasonal spirit and giving away a WHOLE ALBUM, via Band Camp. He's a modern day marvel, is that Jason.
Here's the tracklisting. I'm not going to the trouble of capitalising the words, because it's fairly redundant. You can still read, cancha?!
- last conversation in waltz time
- wild animals slowly approaching the lovely country funeral
- out cold on indian ambien
- Meeshell
- good chord song for lp two
- bird feeder soap opera plot
- SepDecember Song
Click here to visit his page, and download the whole album, obviously. It's a little Christmassy, I guess.
And here's what Jason has to say about the album himself, which is made up of improvised piano songs, which seems to be en vogue, for some reason.
Hello to All! This is Jason.
It is approximately Christmas 2009, and I am letting whoever you are know that I have a gift for you, if you want it.
I set up some microphones in my living room and recorded about 35 minutes of improvisational piano music, and...... It just so happens that playing my piano at home is one of my favorite things to do (in terms of music) so it was nice to be able to capture some of these moments of me just playing aimlessly and relaxed.
So....in appreciation to those of you who bought my album this year, or came to the shows, or donated money to help my sister, or even to those of you who did none of those things....here is a gift from me.
I hope you all had a good year and that next year will be even better!
oh yes, P.S. I should also mention that I am currently at work on a new album and although I'm quite sure none of the songs will end up on the radio......I'm guaranteeing that this will be the weirdest, most wonderful mayhem I have made yet!
Which is better? This album or the news of a new one? Probably best to enjoy this one first, to be completely frank. Earlier in the year, we conducted an absolutely bulging, mammoth interview with the man, click below to get the following parts:


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design of low cost electric vehicle
design of low cost electric vehicle
Well this forum does discuss certain Ideas around electric vehicles but it's not a very good place to ask how to build a electric car by yourself. You also don't tell a lot about your project, 450kg with passengers.. well how many of them?
It kinda sounds like an Idea you had over a beer or two and then bring it in here without any Idea... But well Google is your friend:
And now your work starts. Find components, if they don't have specs, ask the manufacturer, compare them and then decide.
Remember there are many transportations outthere wich are already working and fun. for example segway. So you really have to do something right to compete. Especialy with 20 Km/h
Carbon fiber costs a lot. You wouldn't be doing low cost vehicle with that. There are other cheaper alternatives like hamp fibers. You probably also need steel frame to keep its structural rigidity high enough without increasing weight too much.
Aluminum is a good, light source, but AFAIK it is a bit tricky to work with. Aluminum that touches most other metals cause electric couple that causes heavy corrosion in there (usually that other metal is the one that corrodes).
Then there are plastics, which are cheap, but also look cheap, so desirability of the car weakens.
No matter how you look at it you will need to make some tough choices.
Because this is very low speed vehicle that doesn't really count as car, more like four-wheeled (it has four wheels, right?) golf cart for passenger transport, you could use something like fiberglass for body panels.
Actually you might have ready models for your project in golf carts. They can probably do 20km/h and some of them seat four. Maybe rip controls from electric wheelchairs? Those too can move pretty fast and have good and very precise controls.
Good comment, Timo. Except it's "hemp", not "hamp". But don't let that hamp-er you! ;)
Odd that my browser didn't warn me about that typo. Writing here in another computer it does. (hemp is "hamppu" in Finnish)
"Riversimple is a revolutionary transport company, based in the UK. We are aiming to produce highly energy-efficient vehicles for personal transport."
Being one who really appreciates a clean environment and doing things for the good of the earth, I really don't for see the electric car making any major impact until the majority of car owners are in a financial position to own one. If car manufacturers would take into account, that by keeping prices obtainable for the common people, we would be able to make huge changes as far as emissions into the air far more quicker than we will if the cars are only made available to those who have unlimited funds. We need to ask ourselves what is it here we're really trying to accomplish? Clean air or the next best thing in a money-making car? Hmmm...
Lingil: Even people who buy the Roadster don't have unlimited funds (most of them anyway).
Were the first cell phones or plasma TVs affordable? We're at the start of the adoption curve. Technology costs and more and more people adopting it will help drive the price down. Yes, you're right that a few EVs on the road won't cure global climate change but it's a start and it helps to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Do you expect Tesla and the other car makers to sell cars at a loss?
Yep, true Greenies believe in pixie dust.
dsm363: absolutely not do I expect manufacturing at a loss. But I have experienced first hand, the positive results that are possible when dealing with people fairly from a financial point. By utilizing the best marketing tools available, having exceptional exposure, and by keeping manufacturing costs affordable for all, more product is sold in a shorter period of time. Whereas, if it is left to only those who are financially sound to drive the sales, what is being accomplished and how long will it last? I understand how things eventually come down in price when the newness wears off. But what I'm saying, is why should everyone have to wait that long to see positive results? Why not get it right, right out of the box? There are many intelligent people that have accomplished great things. But there aren't too many that I have seen that are doing it for the right reasons. When that one comes along, it will be evident to everyone. I hope it eventually comes to that. There's a lot at stake. Wouldn't you agree?
Brian H. I'll consider being referred to as a true greenie, a compliment. Thank you. If there were, in reality, pixie dust, as you call it, the world wouldn't be in the condition that it is.
If people were clamoring for EVs, government or companies were fighting to place fast chargers ever 15 miles on the highways and batteries were dirt cheap the things would happen faster. All good manufacturers try to keep costs down to maximize profit. The batteries are a major cost at this point. Look at the Nissan Leaf. It's still in the low 30s which some people would consider too expensive.
What do you think Tesla has done unfairly up to this point? You can't really consider the Roadster in this. It's a premium sports car and not representative of the general market. It was designed to prove the technology, attract attention, and build excitement for the brand. It was never made for mass consumption. The body is made out of carbon fiber after all which that alone probably costs more than most cars.
Currently cheap practical long range EV is an oxymoron. Can't be done...yet. Those that are cheap are either hybrids or city cars.
Also you can't build a startup company by producing a car that doesn't provide any profit. Look at Think City. Do you think that is practical? Or cheap even? You might be able to afford one, but would you buy one? Glorified plastic golf-cart.
That forces to go from top to bottom, not the other way around.
Lingil: it is possible for 'social enterprise' to have a role to play in the transition to electric transportation. For example, I run a UK charity that undertakes 'green' projects including the donation of EV charge points to public locations.
IMO however, it is unrealistic to think that a car can be produced by a social enterprise... the costs are simply beyond the reach of any such organisation and the best thing we can do is to allow companies like Tessa to take the financial risk and reward them for success by buying their products.
I still cannot believe people whine about the price of a roadster or model s. A roadster is comparable to a supercar, and a model s is comparable to a mercedes or bmw. I don't see any new supercars or luxury cars for sale that are cheap.
Tesla does not have the capital needed to build an affordable car, YET. They are working from the top down, which takes time.
As far as people not being able to afford the model s, it's all about how bad you want the car.
I run into way too many people that whine about being able to afford this and that, while spending $100+ on cigarettes, booze, junk food every week. With a little common sense, anyone who puts their mind to it can afford things that seem out of reach.
I just finished a remodel project at a company called Paraquad here in St. Louis. They purchase used electric wheel chairs and refurbished them for re-sail. This might be the route to go for your electrical parts. They had one chair they rewired that would go 35MPH, if I recall correctly. It wasn't a real safe/useful thing it was a just for the fun of it wheelchair.
For a light weight frame maybe think along the lines of steel tubing. I built a go cart as a kid that way and it was pretty light. Rather fast too using a 3HP gas engine.
For some decent lithium ion battery packs and chargers, this site is a good one to start;
Also gives you an idea why electric cars cost so much. Tesla is providing a very nice vehicle and dirt cheap prices at $50K.
$98.95 for a 3.7V 21Ah battery. Now think of the cost just to group enough to get to the voltage needed to run 400ish volt motor.
It is not the car makers job to change to "green" cars and produce them at a loss. It is the decision of the public society if they want to go green and at what cost. They should elect the politicians that can make the adequate policy.
One possibility is to adjust tax regulations. In Denmark, they tax 180% of purchasing price for ICE and 0% for EV. This will allow EV car makers to sell EVs even if production costs are higher than for comparable ICE car.
many people have tried this.... Going Green imported the G-Wiz NEV into the UK for many years but are about to stop because of limited demand...
5kW * 6 hours = 30kWh battery. Not so cheap or light considering that Roadster battery is 54kWh and weights about 450kg. Your battery would weight around 250kg and cost (assuming cheap li-ion) $6000 - $8000. Light weight costs. Heavy is cheap, but your range drops dramatically.
What do you mean "powered by solar ?"
Since solar panes on the car itself are practically useless, I
assume you mean a carport or something with solar panels on the roof. Knowing your latitude would help for a better estimate of
you expected irradiance, but more important would be exactly when are you planning on harvesting solar versus operating the vehicle?
If the vehicle is operating as the sun is shining, then you need stoarage batteries to store the harvest until the car shows up.
Lead acid would do, bu that's not particularly cheap and you'll lose 25% of the harvested solar energy because of storage. if net metering, then that's a different story. Currently I've been pricing multicrystal panels, with 25 to 30 year warranty. Costs of the panels themselves are $1.65 to $2.00 per watt. But if you need to store to the grid via net metering, you'll also need microinverters (or a central) and that'll run another 70 cents per watt or so. If going directly into car as DC, don't need the inverters. Assume irradiance of roughly 6.5 suns in June to a low of roughly 3.8 in December. Harvest averages suns times solar
panel array size (in kilowatts). A 5 kilowatt array will produce on average 6.5 times 5 or 32.5 kilowatthours a per day in June, etc. Without inverters, 5 kw array will run $8250 to $10,000.
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When bugtracking systems are fences, not bridges
Today, in my quest for a media center solution that suits me, I started fixing some issues with running Elisa on CentOS 5. Elisa looks very interesting in the sense that it is written in python, it is a relative young project and it is esthetically pleasing (more than one of the other projects I investigated). And soon in RPMforge for CentOS (albeit not without issues yet).
The only downside at the moment is that it does not do TV viewing from a screengrabber or MPEG encoder card, so it is not the replacement I was looking for.
The Elisa project is using Launchpad for bugtracking and project management and so I created an account to send a few patches. I also took the time to see how Launchpad worked feature-wise and while doing that searched for some of my own projects that are part of Ubuntu. Launchpad looks nice, with a lot of attention to workflow and lowering the barrier for people to report issues and work together.
However what I found was a few bugreports, some for known issues and some for new issues I haven't heard of. Now the sad part is that nobody contacted me (upstream) regarding these issues. And nobody was fixing them either, let alone commenting on them.
Comparing this with Debian bugtracking system, I was notified by the maintainer when the package went into Debian, get all reported bugs send to me (upstream) and I always took care of fixing them and marking the bug number in the ChangeLog. Not so for Ubuntu, and to be fair, not with Fedora, OpenSUSE or Gentoo either.
Not only is this a lost opportunity, it is a bad service to both upstream and the user itself. Without a bugtracking system, users would directly contact upstream. Now with Launchpad users report their bugs and nothing is done with them. Not by the maintainer and not by (unaware) upstream. And they are not being send to Debian (their upstream) either.
And this is not specific to Launchpad per se, I have similar remarks for Fedora's bugzilla or OpenSUSE. I have no clue what bugs are reported regarding my tools, nor have I been contacted to be involved. I should be commending Debian for doing what is right and expected. Maybe it is the responsibility of the maintainer to communicate with upstream, but Debian's automated system clearly works much better in that respect than any of the other distributions. The process takes care of that.
So there is a lot we, as a community, can improve by connecting users to upstream, or rather, by connecting bugtracking systems to upstream for the benefit of all.
PS I for one am interested to subscribe to dstat, unoconv, mrepo and dconf bugreports for Fedora, OpenSUSE, gentoo and others if I knew how to do that.
Update: I changed the title because bugtracking systems are not being fenced, they are fences.
I'd like to point out that
I'd like to point out that not all software authors want Launchpad or Bugzilla reports in their inbox, though, especially newbie questions or esoteric packaging discussions. Opt-in may or may not be the best policy. Personally I try to alert upstream myself when it appears to be a real bug.
For Fedora or RHEL, you can get an RSS feed from Bugzilla. Do any search (such as Advanced Search with Component "dstat") and then click the "FEED" link at the bottom. Personally I did that search once and then created a Firefox smart search to replace the "component=" string with whatever package I want.
Looks like there aren't any dstat bugs right now, but here are CLOSED dstat bugs, for example.
Hey Joshua, I can understand
Hey Joshua,
I can understand that not everyone wants these reports. But by not notifying upstream at least once you loose out everyone else too. I do agree it should be opt-in though.
PS I really dislike an RSS feed for tracking bugs. Much rather have everything consolidated into my mailbox.
PS2 The way Launchpad creates a community around a package is much more advanced than doing queries in tools.
rss2email could do that. Stopgap solution, I know.
Hey, but it's easy to subscribe to the package's bugs
It's a bit ironic that about 2 years ago Jorge Castro and I, as an experiment, wrote to a sample of upstreams and asked them if they'd like to be notified of Ubuntu bugs through Launchpad. We were pretty uniformy ignored or shrugged off as trying to get upstreams worried about Ubuntu bugs -- "not our bugs and not our problem". In our hearts we know that many upstreams do want to get these reports -- but finding you is hard!
I know you've figured it out, but for a complete answer, right now it's pretty easy to get notifications of bugs in any package: just visit the package's page and subscribe to its bugmail. So, for dstat: https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dstat and choose "Subscribe to bug mail". That's it.
For bonus points, we let you filter bugmail in a lot of different ways:
https://help.launchpad.net/Bugs/Subscriptions#headers -- and you can actually reply and manipulate bugs through email too, just like with debbugs: https://help.launchpad.net/Bugs/EmailInterface
Hey Joshua, Awaiting a proper
Hey Joshua,
Awaiting a proper solution I updated my Red Hat and CentOS search page and implemented the Firefox "smart" search you were talking about.
I hope it can help other people, but one thing that would benefit the Red Hat and CentOS community would be the ability to search Red Hat Bugzilla content on Google.
Media center
Have you looked at Freevo? http://freevo.sf.net
It is a solid media center frontend to standard Linux media tools.Once setup it does a good job of being easy to use via remote.
Launchpad and Upstream Bug Trackers
I'm a member of the Launchpad development team and my major remit at present is improving the way that works with upstream bug trackers.
We've made a number of strides in the right direction recently, and we'll be continuing to do so over the coming months. Specifically, we've now got support for syncing comments with certain upstream bug trackers and we're working on syncing whole bug reports with upstream bug trackers, too. It will eventually be possible to forward bugs in Launchpad upstream without ever having to leave the context of Launchpad itself (though we're a little way of that yet and we have yet to decide how best to address the issue that a commenter raised above, namely that of which bugs are good enough to get forwarded upstream and who has the right to do so).
Part of the problem with this is that bug trackers simply aren't designed to talk to one another in the way that they should be. We're working hard on improving the way that Launchpad does this work, and in providing a public API to Launchpad we're giving other developers the opportunity to interface with us for exactly this purpose (and others), however at the moment our best upstream syncing work requires the remote bug tracker to install an API plugin (available at the moment for Trac and Bugzilla) so that Launchpad can communicate with them efficiently.
What is really needed is for the major bug tracker developers to sit down and work out a common interface that all bug trackers can implement to allow proper upstream forwarding (and, where desired, downstream syncing). The task isn't trivial but it is solvable and I see no reason why it can't be solved in the near future.
packages not on opensuse?
I don't find dstat, unoconv, mrepo and dconf in openSUSE ... do you have the bugzilla links for instance?
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Honestly, I do not know :-/
Hey Marcus,
I know that dstat has an OpenSUSE package, the homepage has a link to it. I think Pascal Bleser was involved with that package.
I don't know about the other tools (I probably should google) and that is part of what the article was about. It would benefit the community if upstream knew that a tool was packaged for the distribution and that upstream is involved with any reported issues.
Currently it mostly depends on the goodwill of the packager instead of being part of the workflow.
There are many of us in this boat...
I'm Jesse, the author of RT (http://bestpractical.com/rt) and one of the creators of SD (http://syncwith.us), a peer to peer issue tracking tool.
SD is a little different than the other distributed bugtrackers in that it's designed to be able to sync with foreign systems. Right now, we only have sync protocol adaptors for RT and for Hiveminder.com, though we've started looking at Trac, Debbugs and Launchapd).
The goal is to let you do...pretty much what you're looking for.
We'd be absolutely thrilled to have more folks using SD and working to make SD talk to more foreign systems.
@gmb - I'd be absolutely thrilled to be involved in sorting out a proper interop protocol. We've done some work to make RT sync with launchpad...last I heard we were waiting on some answers from your team.
Hi Dag! I wonder if Launchpad
Hi Dag!
I wonder if Launchpad could do something like this:
When it first starts getting reports on a package, send mail to the upstream maintainer, telling them that downstream bugs in their package are being tracked here, and that they can subscribe, or use the web or rss interface, to be notified when there are changes to these bugs. This should be only once (or eg once/year), with an option to silence it.
I would guess Launchpad either has or could guess an upstream maintainer address from the packaging data, or it could ask people to find and enter one.
Hi Martin, This is fine by
Hi Martin,
This is fine by me. Although not in all cases the upstream contact is a single individual. In some cases I can imagine upstream to be the mailinglist itself.
Other projects have other requirements regarding how and when to be contacted. But at least notifying some of the people that are listed on the website or in the distribution of the sourcecode seems a worthwhile thing to do.
I was glad that Debian started to store the official project website as part of the package metadata. But one or more contact email addresses probably belongs in the metadata as well.
And in fact, what is missing too is the communication in the other direction. As a packager I am seldom informed of new upstream releases. What I ask from people is to report new release on freshmeat (where I subscribe to the project's records) but about 15% of the projects do not announce new releases on freshmeat.
I am sure that if Launchpad would interface with Freshmeat to use it as a means to get to new releases to inform their packagers, that more upstream projects would use freshmeat as a single location to report new releases. To the benefit of all projects.
(And if Launchpad is used as the upstream's tool for managing releases, Launchpad could help in announcing new releases on freshmeat as well !)
Debian automated?
Uhhh, Debian's bug forwarding is in no way automated. We rely on maintainers and people caring about the packages they use/maintain. Personally I try to forward all patches/bugs upstream where I can and drum it into new folks that working upstream is the right way to go.
It may not be automated in
It may not be automated in the real sense of the word, but it is part of the process/workflow. Since I got notified for all my Debian packages and knew exactly what I could expect and subscribe to.
And in my opinion we could improve it to be liked that for all distributions by default.
Barrier to entry
Another way in which the Debian bug tracker is a better service to its users: One can submit and follow bug reports just by using email.
This makes it far simpler to begin using the system: just report a bug from your existing email account, and the system then knows everything it needs to know about you to keep working on an ongoing basis.
Significantly, with the Debian bug tracker, one does *not* need to set up and maintain yet another useless website identity just to interact (however infrequently) with the bug tracking system.
Sadly that barrier is still there for Launchpad, Bugzilla, RT, and many other bug tracking systems. That, to me, is a big gap in ease of use.
subscribing to Fedora package bugreports
You should be able to watch dstat bugzilla activity (and more) using the packagedb interface at:
A fedora account is required, though.
It is not just bugtracking...
It has been considered best practice in Debian since forever to contact upstream and build a working relationship for as long as you remain packaging their software. That includes subscribing to upstream mailing lists, tracking and working on upstream bugs as well, etc.
However, as one would expect, many maintainers don't do it even in Debian, let alone on Ubuntu. Too many people like quantity over quality, or maintain stuff they are minimally interested on (maybe it is a dependency lib, etc).
And you WILL notice I am not talking about automated tools or any such stuff, here. If you are downstream for some software package, and your upstream doesn't know you by name, something is not right.
When the first contact is not good, the downstream maintainer is likely to just ignore upstream from now on and act as a pure "consumer" of new releases. Which is not good for either side...
don't give up on Launchpad
Hi Dag, i strongly believe that launchpad is a step forward to what you're describing. With the API and plugins that are being developed the work between upstream and distros and between distros itself could be really helpful.
There's a fair amount of work to do, into Launchpad itself, into different Bugtrackers and into the Bug Tracking process at Launchpad.
what i'd suggest is whenever you've got the time come to #ubuntu-bugs at freenode. there are a lot of people there whom can talk with you about how we can improve the relationships between your projects and launchpad and the people around it.
I did a quick look into launchpad and i've found that you missed dconf for bug mail registration (https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dconf)
The others corresponding projects i've found (unoconv,dstat) already had you as bugmail contact. Don't know if there's some other project?
Anyway great post!! and i'm a big fan -and user- of your great work!!
Re: Barrier to entry
bignose, Launchpad has an email interface. Maybe you'll need to register on the web first, but then you can do everything per mail.
That said, I definitely prefer browsing the bug reports on LP than to dig through my Debian bug mail account. Everything in one page vs all kinds of mails with different subjects - you definitely need a well-customized mail client to use the BTS efficiently. And I like it better when people post small comments and attach things rather than mailing long quotes and inline attachments. The Debian BTS is only usable because so few people participate in a typical Debian bug report. With the activity and crowds you sometime see in Ubuntu bug reports, the BTS would be hard to use IMO.
And re "yet another useless website identity" there is OpenID that helps.


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As fashion has evolved, so has the bra. One of the most crucial styles to have, especially for women who like to experiment with fashion, is the strapless. Women planning to flaunt their beautiful shoulders in strapless or one-shouldered gowns this holiday season need to have a good strapless bra in their wardrobe. Actually, they need at least two: one in black and one in nude. When it comes to finding the best strapless for you, it's important to have an open mind, experiment with brands and understand that brands have different sizing systems. You may be a 34C in a basic bra from brand ABC, but one in size 36B by brand XYZ may fit you just as well. What I always suggested to customers at my store was to gather eight bras and try them on with clothing worn over the bra. Remember, you're not only going to check the fit but the effect the bra gives you under clothes. Finding the right strapless for you requires trial and error. By its nature, the strapless bra needs to fit more snugly than your basic everyday bra. The key to determining whether a bra is appropriately snug versus too tight is to conduct the mirror test. I know, we hate the mirror test. Who wants to stare at our own backside under fluorescent lights? Well, I hope that you're standing under soft lighting when you do this because no woman deserves the jarring effect of harsh lighting. Nevertheless, it's the only way to avoid unnecessary pain or the embarrassment of an ill-timed wardrobe malfunction when you're getting down on the dance floor. If it's loose on you, you'll be doing "the tug" all night long.
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Salvaging community history
If you believe that salvaging and restoring older homes is way to go green, then salvaging entire communities must be a way to go super green. Sadly, entire communities have been lost in Virginia, some without a trace, to make way for new construction. But thanks to a project initiated by the Community Design Assistance Center at Virginia Tech, the history of many of these places have been documented.
For instance, did you know that there were big plans to transform the Louisa County town of Mineral into a metropolis in the 1890s? Located in the so-called "gold-pyrite belt," a nine- to sixteen-mile-wide volcanic-plutonic vein that runs about 140 miles between Fairfax and Buckingham counties, Mineral City once seemed golden, the site of more than 15 gold mines and plans to lay out 152 blocks and put up 1,500 houses.
Indeed, a contract was signed with the Staunton Building Company. But the financial panic of 1893 brought the plans to a halt. Today, Mineral has a population of 424 scattered among the remnants of an ambitious block layout.
This is just one of 30 such stories Lost Communities of Virginia, which involved a drive-by survey of 2,600 small towns in Virginia and was eventually narrowed to stories that best represent the state's history in a book by the same name.
"They cover a wide range of different community types," says Terri Fisher, the Center's program director and co-author of the book, "from gathering places to company towns to transportation hubs– that really define the development of Virginia and many other states as well."
Fisher says the project began when designer Kirsten Sparenborg followed a green sign from US 460 in Giles County that said "Eggleston" just to see what was out there. What she found, or rather who she found, was Gladys Dowdy, the owner of a general store in Eggleston who spoke about the town's history as a popular railroad hub and hot springs resort a century ago. Sparenborg took many of the haunting black and white photographs in the book.
In the 1920s, Eggleston had numerous stores, a bank, factories, and other businesses. While Fisher defines it as a lost community, she points out that Eggleston, like many small towns in Virginia, continues to thrive– in a way. For instance, the recently opened Palisades Restaurant in Eggleston revived a historic general store.
The research involved in locating structures and landscapes that had vanished or never been realized must have been a daunting task. For example, in Almagro (part of the City of Danville) an empty field is all that's left of Peter's Park, a lighted baseball stadium that showcased the Danville All-Stars, a semi-professional African-American baseball team. In its heyday, the stadium would often fill with 4,000 fans, but according to Fisher, 14,000 showed up when Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella came to play.
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The first inning saw five walks and a pitching change from the Farmingdale State bullpen and allowed the Golden Bears to score four runs on one hit and one error in the top of the inning. The Rams chipped away with a run in the bottom of the inning, as senior centerfielder Frank Yera (Manhattan, N.Y.) scored from third base on a double-play ball for a 4-1 score after one. Both teams went 1-2-3 and out in the second inning, before two extra-base hits gave WNEC a 5-1 edge. A single to right center from sophomore rightfielder Terrence Bohonan (Patchogue, N.Y.) would score senior shortstop Brandon Cruz (Bronx, N.Y.) for a 5-2 score after three innings.
Junior right hander C.J. Bula (Bronx, N.Y.) was called in at the top of the fourth and went the next four innings allowing just two hits and one earned run to hold the Golden Bears, but the Rams could not muster up any offense as WNEC senior right hander Matt Rogers (Portsmouth, R.I.) went seven innings for his first win of the year.
Western New England was led by junior first baseman Mike Taylor (Andover, Mass.) who was 3-for-4 with one run batted in. Sophomore second baseman Mike Rubino (Northford, Conn.) and senior centerfielder Andrew Fatse (Hampden, Mass.) both finished with two hits and two RBI's.
For Farmingdale State, Bohonan went 3-for-4 with an RBI and senior first baseman Kevin Curtis (Riverhead, N.Y.) was 2-for-4 with one RBI. Cruz was 3-for-3 for the day. Senior left hander J.R. Lott (East Islip, N.Y.) threw three innings of relief, allowing just one run and two hits.
Keene State faces St. Joseph's in the 5:00 p.m. game tonight, before facing the Rams in the 10:00 a.m. game on Saturday, March 5th. St. Joseph's will then face Cortland at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, followed by RPI vs. Western New England.


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Peach & almond tart
Nutrition and extra info
- Vegetarian
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal537
- fat37g
- saturates16g
- carbs45g
- sugars22g
- fibre3g
- protein10g
- salt0.29g
For the pastry
- 175g plain flour, plus extra for rolling
- 85g cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 2 egg yolks
For the filling
- 100g caster sugar
- 140g butter
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- 2 eggs, beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 140g ground almond
- 50g plain flour
- 3 peaches, sliced
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- peach preserve or apricot jam
Sweet, juicy and fragrant, peaches are one of the most beautiful fruit around. Around the size…
- crème fraîche, to serve
To make the pastry, rub together the flour and butter until it looks like fine breadcrumbs, then mix in the sugar. Add 1 egg yolk and 1 tsp water, followed by the next yolk and 1 tsp water until the dough just comes together. Wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 30 mins.
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured surface until big enough to line a 23cm tart tin. If the dough rips, simply patch it up. Cut away the excess pastry. Line with greaseproof paper, fill with baking beans, then bake for 10 mins. Remove paper and beans. Prick quite a few holes in the base of your tart, then bake for another 10-15 mins until biscuity.
While the pastry cooks, make the filling. Whisk the sugar and butter together until you get a pale paste. Beat in the eggs and finally add the almonds and flour. Spoon into pastry case, arrange the peach slices across the top in a pattern and bake for 30-40 mins until golden. When cool, brush your preserve or jam across the top. Serve with a little pot of crème fraîche on the side and eat it quick before anyone else gets their hands on it!


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In September of 2010, I noticed that a business was finally filling an empty space on my block on the Upper East Side, 90th Street and Second Avenue, to be exact. After a few days of walking past the tiny corner space--can't be more than 450 square feet--I peered in and saw a brick wood-burning oven and a fancy-looking espresso machine. I knew this had to be good.
Days later, the sign went up. What replaced the former "Tortilla" sign was "San Matteo Pizza & Espresso Bar." I'm not a huge pizza person, but I knew I had to try it, mainly because I love trying new restaurants, pizza or not, and I was lured in by the cute old Italian look of the place. Plus, I live no more than 300 feet away.
I finally went with a trusty dining companion. There was a little bit of a wait, but hey, maybe that's a good sign, right? There were only about five small tables at the time, and some seating at bar. We brought our own bottle of wine and waited outside to be seated, since we didn't quite fit in the cozy restaurant.
What we were about to discover was life-changing… life-changing, at least, for an Upper East Side foodie and/or food snob... depending on who you talk to. I declared it then and I will declare it again, and again, it's the best pizza on the Upper East Side. Their pies are served literally bubbling hot, straight out of the oven (you can watch them take your pizza out of the brick wall and place it right on your table). And, ladies and gentleman, the two things that absolutely sold me: the perfect combo of crispy and soft dough and the savoriness of the tomato sauce. Good gaaaah, what is in that?!
I've tried the Margherita--it's simply tomato sauce, fresh basil, and homemade mozzarella--and also, the Marinara (which is topped with Sicilian anchovies, if you dare). But the clear winner for me is the Prosciutto E Bufala--it's a mouthwatering pie with prosciutto di parma, parmigiano reggiano, buffalo mozzarella, tomato sauce and fresh basil. My go-to pick every time. The pies are meant for one, but you'll want to share when you're there, and I don't think you'll have any problem finding another one to order.
For dessert? Pizza con Nutella. Yep, fresh-outta-the-oven pizza dough smeared with Nutella. Just do it. And note, they now serve wine--not an extensive collection, but all affordable. No frills here.
Since that fateful day, a year and some months ago, I have returned countless times, and I am now a pizza convert. And good news for you, since then, they have increased the seating slightly, added al fresco dining (for those unseasonably warm days we're having in the middle of this winter), but it's still comfortably cozy. And what's stayed the same? The menu. It's as it should be.
Now, if you're up for feeling like a neighborhood regular, venture to this authentic Italian hole in the wall and be transported to Italy, right on the Upper East Side. So, "buon appetito," as the all-Italian waitstaff would say. Tell 'em we sent ya.
Tune in to the "hole in the wall" episode of "1st Look" Saturday after "Saturday Night Live" on NBC!
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Anger has a taste.
It's bitter, chalky and anything eaten after it just tastes bad.
It lingers in your mouth long after you didn't say no, but wanted to.
It's a drop of poison that no vitamin, exercise regime or organic diet can do anything about. Learning how to say no is the only remedy.
Fact: Learning how to say no with guts and grace is a delicious skill.
Learning it could save your life.
Learning to say no doesn't mean that life will be devoid of love, acceptance, security and companionship. BUT we've had a steady diet of such thoughts that seduced us into believing so. A closer examination reveals the true nutritional content of those beliefs.
When we refuse to say no, it is us that keeps life stagnant and flat. In reality, learning to say no means willing to risk being fully alive – to actually have the connection and intimacy that we crave in the ways destined for us. It means that we are nourished and in return can nourish.
We are socialized to be nice, learn to say yes to please others, avoid saying no to please others, believing adamantly that we control how others feel. We hurt ourselves in the ways that we fear being hurt by others.
Ironic isn't it?
When you can't say no, but want to, it is you that abandons yourself, it is you that denies yourself acceptance, it is you that refuses to show love, loyalty and honour to yourself.
It wouldn't hurt a bit if everyone understood a little Jung, to see that we are all just shadows and mirrors for one another.


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Busted! GMU Muslim Student Union has ties to Zachary Chesser
In spite of their claims to the contrary, of course. Yeah, we know. It's ok to lie to kaffir. Not only that, but Mr. I-live-at-mommy's-house-with-my-wife Chesser (I can't believe they take this loser seriously!) also has ties to…drumroll please…the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia — and that place is churning out radicalized domestic terrorists like nobody's business.
Anwar al-Awlaki was Imam at the mosque between January 2001 and April 2002.[16] Fluent in English, known for giving eloquent talks on Islam, and with a mandate to attract young non-Arabic speakers, al-Awlaki "was the magic bullet," according to mosque spokesman Johari Abdul-Malik; "he had everything all in a box."[5] "He had an allure. He was charming."[17]
He has been accused since of being a senior al-Qaeda recruiter and motivator linked to various terrorists, including three 9/11 hijackers, the accused Fort Hood shooter, and the accused Christmas Day 2009 bomber.[18][19][20]
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NEA elects García, Pringle and Moss to leadership at annual meeting
Delegates make history by voting for new leadership team to head nation's largest union
DENVER - July 04, 2014 -
Students across this country will have a historic new team advocating for their interests and the empowerment of the educators dedicated to their success this coming school year. Delegates attending the National Education Association's 152nd Annual Meeting and 93rd Representative Assembly, meeting this week in Denver, elected new officers and executive committee members to lead the nation's largest union, representing nearly 3 million educators. NEA's new officers include a former state teacher of the year and elementary school teacher from North Salt Lake, Utah; a physical science teacher from Harrisburg, Pa.; and an elementary school music teacher from Louisa County, Va.
Lily Eskelsen García, a former Utah Teacher of the Year who started her 20-year career in education as a lunch lady before becoming an elementary teacher who worked with homeless children, was elected to head NEA. Eskelsen García previously served two three-year terms as NEA vice president and was named by President Obama to serve as a commissioner on the White House Commission on Education Excellence for Hispanics. An outspoken advocate for preserving and promoting public education for every student, she has been a vocal critic of high stakes testing and other policies that detract from student learning and exacerbate inequity in our education system.
"We must measure what matters and put students' needs at the center of the system once again. We can no longer allow politicians who have never stepped into a classroom define what it means to teach and learn," said Eskelsen García. "At a time when nearly 50 percent of public school children live in low-income families, our country must refocus its priorities on the needs of the whole child and bridge the gaps that have only grown over the last decade. We know what is at stake, and it is why we are educators. It is why we are fearless and why we will not be silent."
After teaching only nine years, Eskelsen García was named her state's top teacher. The daughter of an immigrant, she is one of the nation's top Hispanic educators and used her leadership position to speak up on behalf of DREAMers seeking a path to U.S. citizenship and has been a vocal opponent of policies driven by the standardized testing mania. Her trajectory led to NEA, where she was elected an executive committee member in 1996 and secretary-treasurer in 2002; she was elected NEA vice president in 2008, and has been an outspoken advocate for the teaching profession, students, and learning. She also served as president of the Utah Education Association, an affiliate of NEA.
Delegates also elected Rebecca S. "Becky" Pringle, a middle school physical science teacher from Harrisburg, Pa., as NEA vice president. Pringle, now one of the highest-ranking African-American female leaders in the labor movement, has served since 2008 as NEA secretary-treasurer. She oversaw the fiscal integrity of the organization while advocating on professional issues important to educators and students as well as issues of equity in education, diversity in the classroom and human and civil rights. Pringle helped see the union through one of the worst economic periods in recent history ensuring the Association emerged this year on a strong financial footing and the path to growth.
"From the botched implementation of the Common Core State Standards to toxic tests that are hurting our students, there are many challenges facing students in public education," said Pringle, a native of Philadelphia who attended both the University of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania State University. "As vice president of the nation's largest union of educators, I will work to ensure that NEA lives up to its rich history and legacy of human and civil rights, which is the foundation for realizing a great public school for every student."
Pringle has more than 30 years of classroom experience and has held leadership positions at the national, state and local levels within the association, including previously serving on NEA's Executive Committee and Board of Directors as well as NEA's state affiliate, the Pennsylvania State Education Association.
Rounding out the top three NEA leadership positions and making NEA the first major union to be led by three women of color, Princess Moss was elected secretary-treasurer. Her responsibilities will include overseeing the multimillion dollar budget and fiscal integrity of the organization.
"With an overemphasis on high-stakes standardized tests, we've seen the curriculum narrow and subjects like music, fine arts and P.E. have been stripped from our students' public education. That's not right," said Moss, who taught elementary music education in Louisa County, Va. "NEA is leading the way to ensure all students receive a well-rounded education, and I'm honored to be at the forefront of that mission."
Prior to her election as NEA's secretary-treasurer, Moss previously served two three-year terms on NEA's Executive Committee and has more than 21 years of classroom experience. She has held leadership positions at the national, state and local levels within the association, including two terms as president of the Virginia Education Association, an NEA Affiliate. She was appointed and re-appointed by Virginia Governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, respectively, to serve on the Commonwealth's P-16 Education Council, which coordinates education reform from preschool through higher education.
In addition to electing three new officers, the NEA delegates also elected two members to the NEA Executive Committee, which consists of nine members—three executive officers and six members elected at large by the Representative Assembly. Earl Wiman, a Tennessee educator, was re-elected to a second three-year term and George Sheridan, a veteran educator from California, was newly elected to a three-year term. The committee is responsible for guiding NEA policy and acts for the NEA Board of Directors.
"NEA's delegates have elected some extraordinary leaders who will continue to push for equity in education and carry on the organization's commitment to student-centered union leadership and our commitment to social justice," said outgoing NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, who leaves the term-limited post after six years. "NEA's leadership will be the national voice in advocating for what our children need to succeed to be college- and career-ready."
NEA's annual convention is taking place June 26–July 6 in Denver. For more information, a full listing of scheduled events and to follow floor action at the 2014 NEA Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly, go to www.nea.org/annualmeeting.
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I think for anyone who grew up watching SNL in the 90s, John Goodman is a goddamn tradition. As he noted in his monologue, he hosted the show every year from 1989 to 2001, and then stopped for whatever reason, but especially once you factor in the Linda Tripp cameos he was basically an honorary cast member throughout the decade. So for this humble reviewer, it was fantastic to have him back for a generally strong episode that managed to muddle through some dud sketches.
The cold open continued saw an exasperated Obama try to explain himself while Kenan Thompson vamped behind him as the Nelson Mandela funeral sign language fraudster. All well and good, but the strongest part of the sketch was definitely Kate McKinnon reprising her "lonely Angela Merkel" impression to nicely skewer "selfiegate" in there as well. Either that, or the idea of Obama mistaking Raul Castro for Edward James Olmos. Then Goodman came out to overwhelming goodwill from this reviewer, and did his best to demolish that by performing a lifeless song called "All I Want For Christmas Is Booty" with Kenan. I was not amused, but hey, it's the monologue, I powered through.
Guy Fieri's Christmas special didn't do much for me (though I could have used more of this insane animation they devised for it), but that's partly because I'm very disconnected from the current reality TV scene. I'm told Kate McKinnon's Big Ang impression nailed it, I just don't know who that is (I'm not being snobby neither, things just change around so rapidly in those parts). I at least got the Verne Troyer, Dog the Bounty Hunter and Mimi from Drew Carey references.
Things felt a little despairing but the leadoff sketch really turned things around. The dancing snowflakes (Goodman, Thompson, Vanessa Bayer and Aidy Bryant) all undercut their embarrassing performance with ashamed internal monologues, that escalated ridiculously (Bayer hit a man with her car and kept going) but managed to keep things within the realm of reality. It was silly stuff, obviously, but I liked that this was vaguely plausible as something a town doctor might actually decide to perform at a Christmas pageant.
I will say I was surprised at the amount of Christmas sketches (pretty much all of them) considering that next week is the Jimmy Fallon episode, which will (I'm sure) include the "I Wish It Was Christmas Today" number and a bunch more holiday material. But next up was the Three Wise Guys (oh boy) which featured a sleepy Sylvester Stallone and a comatose Robert De Niro (boy oh boy) making a bunch of jokes about New Jersey and meatball parms and you know how it goes. The thing is, as lazily written as this sketch was (and the performances were even lazier, bordering on confused), I'll admit it pretty much worked anyway. De Niro can still sell half those lines even if he's actually asleep. "It's frankincense. It's what it is, it's nice!" might sound stupid out of anyone else's mouth, but not his.
Weekend Update was the highlight of the episode for sure, with Kenan's magnificent performance as Santa the best refuting of Megyn Kelly that I can imagine, and a goodbye to Seth Meyers from Drunk Uncle (and a brief appearance by Goodman as Drunker Uncle, a natural choice given less material than he perhaps deserved). Drunk Uncle has now reached such star status that Bobby Moynihan is clearly allowed to do whatever he wants with it, including make weird noises and funny faces for 15 seconds with no punchline. Drunk Uncle is awesome enough that this does not present any issue.
A Linda Tripp sketch would be too hopelessly out of date to attempt now, but you gotta get Goodman in drag at some point, and the courtroom sketch was one of the funniest of the night from a pure laughs perspective. Goodman in drag is actually funnier when he's just sitting still and making a face. I almost didn't want him to move or speak. Beck Bennett got in there with some physical comedy (he's overwhelmed by his former employee's dance moves), and Taran Killam simpers better than anyone, but the point of that sketch was "Goodman in drag," and it delivered.
The return of the Nasim Pedrad classroom sketch was nice for Pedrad, but it was kind of a bungled sketch, with a bunch of missed cues and awkward pauses (it happens, it's live TV, whaddaya gonna do). There were some good moments, especially in Pedrad's final victory over Goodman's fire inspector (Bryant yelling about the "corrupt fire department" was priceless). But the star of the sketch was definitely Kate McKinnon as the exhausted teacher with her bag of carrots.
Things slowed down until the end of the night. The Hallmark Christmas movies got in a dig at Dean Cain, always welcome, and "Phylicia Rashad's Christmas Nap" is something I'd pay money to watch. "The Christmas Whistle" was difficult to watch because it was punctuated by loud whistling, an audacious choice that I'm not sure the writers fully intended (rarely is SNL quite so atmospheric). The H&M rap was as well-produced and performed as "What Does My Girl Say," but ultimately similarly forgettable (I doubt I'll re-watch). We concluded with Donnelly's, always a winner, and Goodman and McKinnon's chemistry was just electric as they ate whipped cream off each other's faces with abandon. A lovely way to end a mixed episode that certainly didn't lack for passion.
Stray observations:
- "I felt like Lemony Snicket. Because I experienced an unfortunate series of events." Oh, it's funny to hear Obama say these words.
- Bud Lime gazpacho is the greatest, grossest thing imaginable.
- "Have you ever known a white man to wear an all-red suit?"
- Goodman probably had the best/most horrifying Drunk Uncle line. "All I want for Christmas is my two neighbors not to be Chinese anymore."
- "Please stay focused and curb the wiggling. I'm going to sit in my car and eat this bag of baby carrots."
- McKinnon nails her order. "I'll have a white wine with cocktail onions."