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As one of a legion of fans of the 1984 videogame classic, Karateka (Apple II and a host of other 8- and 16-bit platforms), I was both delighted by and cautious of the February 2012 announcement of a modern day reimagining. On the one hand, the game's original developer extraordinaire, Jordan Mechner, was going to be directly involved. On the other hand, Karateka was not your average game, so reimagining it could prove disastrous even with Mechner's involvement. As heavily stylized, Disney-esque in-game images began to roll in, along with camera angles that reminded more of a modern day Street Fighter, it seems our worst fears had been realized. So, it was with somewhat muted enthusiasm that I set the new game to download on my Xbox 360 at work to wait for me when I got home. I was sure to be disappointed. Luckily, I was anything but.
You see, along with my general agreement about the new art direction, I've said all along that if they got the gameplay right, everything else was far less important. Karateka was never a fighting game in the traditional sense, but a game where you had to pick and choose when you defended (dodged) and when you struck. It was all about timing. That's extraordinarily refreshing considering 99% of other fighting games are about being the fastest to mash the buttons or who can memorize the most complex moves. We got a clue that the developers understood this when the fighting elements were being compared to a game like Guitar Hero, but that still threw up an obvious red flag. It needn't have. The structure and pacing is just right--it is indeed a modern day reimagining of the structure and pacing of the fighting that made the original so special.
Now, with all that said, the visuals have grown on me. Stills don't do it justice and video clips don't convey enough of the "live" effect. It's still not the art style I would have chosen, but - and this is a big but - it's almost like the art style is necessary to convey the emotion they were attempting to portray. The original game featured sprites that were literally faceless and used for-the-time stunning animation and targeted audio (the origin system was the Apple II after all) during its ground breaking cut scenes to make you feel for the story. That same effect would just be weird with today's heightened expectations and how we've been conditioned. Surely as an Xbox LIVE Arcade game (and an upcoming iOS game) their budget was not up to something like the cut scenes in a Halo 4 or Forza Horizon (as just two recent examples), so they clearly opted for what would work within their constraints. Rest assured, it does work.
In short, if you're a fan of the original, this is a near perfect reimagining. The cadence of the fighting is spot on and there are a ton of in-game homages to the original (keep an ear out for the updated tunes, as just one example). The lives system is also genius, with each of the three new lives casting the player as a different character, which impacts the overall story. I beat this on my first playthrough, and that would not have been possible if I didn't put many hours into the original. Of course, I got the third (out of three) best ending and barely did it, so I'll have to keep playing. Happily. The only pity is younger gamers conditioned on the norm in fighting games won't get it, not even a little bit. Sad then that they're going to miss out on a new 28-year-old breath of fresh air for the genre.
I posted my objections (and the gameplay video) in the other thread, but if Bill says that this is the real deal, then the game is definitely worth considering.
Truth be told, the original Karateka really was groundbreaking, but it was too short and too easy. I beat it easily back in the day, and when I came back to it 20+ years later, I still beat it easily after my second try (probably after no more than an hours' worth of playtime). The only reason I didn't beat it on my first try is because of a "surprise" that got me the first time.
The gameplay video made the game look like "Virtua Fighter," but if the fighting is indeed based on timing rather than button-mashing, and if the game is more challenging, then it sounds like a must-buy.
It's definitely timing, Rob. As for difficulty, if you were good at the original, then you'll be good at this and you'll have only a slightly longer play experience. With that said, there are three possible endings, so you'll still have to work hard to get the best possible ending.
As for the looks, experiencing it in person does seem to be a different experience when it's taken as a whole, live. I'll be curious your live impressions, though.
I've now played it three times and "won" three times. The first time, I barely won with the Brute. The second time, I easily won with the Brute. The third time, I *almost* won with the Monk before finishing up with the Brute. At least I'm improving. I definitely plan on winning with the True Love, though I suspect I'll be winning with the Monk (second best ending) first.
I did pick it up on STEAM, downloaded it and .. forgot about it.. I was going to check it out but bought TOWNS and have been a bit addicted, needed a reminder am going to look at it (err in a week). Speaking of Tablet games.. going home for a week (small town ZERO activities) so been grabbing a bunch for my thrive.. some pretty interesting and good looking games.. Quite a few MMORPG's.. sad part is they are all the same except the location (space, fantasy, horror) good thing I'm addicted to Tower Defense games, i should be good. And Netflix is working smooth as glass so i should be good. I did pick up Bards Tale (paid) see if that can hold me over .
I did pick up Bards Tale (paid) see if that can hold me over .
Bard's Tale is pretty good, though it's just that original Xbox and PS2 game starring Cary Elwes from many years back with the added bonus of emulations of the original trilogy. I have yet to REALLY play something epic like that for a long time on my tablet, though it should be the ideal place being completely portable. I'm hoping the new Infocom collection will allow me to do that for some of the text adventures, though I still favor playing those on the old hardware for whatever reason.


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This transmitter is configurable and supports both selected resistance sensor types and thermocouples. In order to obtain the highest measurement precision, linearization characteristics for every type of sensor are stored in the transmitter.
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The Goodman Theatre's production of "The Iceman Cometh" has a Broadway star in Nathan Lane. And it has Broadway prices to match.
The Goodman said Thursday that single tickets to the Robert Falls production will top out at $119, an eye-popping sum for a non-musical produced by a non-profit theater in Chicago. Luxury packages, which include drinks, parking and other extras, are even more expensive.


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Art For the Kitchen & Dining Room: Vintage Botanical Prints and Wall Charts
A few weeks ago we shared our love for this vintage citrus wall chart, but our appreciation for vintage charts doesn't end there. Perhaps it's the spring, or perhaps it's because they just look so great in a variety of kitchens, but we're loving the look of vintage botanicals right now.
These (mostly) large-scale prints are fetching pieces of artwork for the kitchen and dining room. While the prints look great framed, the pull-down charts and diagrams work perfectly well hung directly on the wall.
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If there was one musical personality from the not too distant past (well, 11 years since the last album), one act that you'd hope would come back with something at least pleasantly eccentric (if not necessarily good), it would be Steve Tyler and Aerosmith. Whilst their MO has always been gratingly cheeky blues riffs and sugary torch songs they've also had the power to surprise, from a genuinely innovative collaboration with Run DMC to some genuinely excellent, if unhealthily saccharine, ballads (mostly from 'Get A Grip'). Once in a while, Aerosmith can make you stop, don a pashmina and feel good.
The only reason Music From Another Dimension! will stop you is to turn around for a refund.
Let's focus on the positives, though. People like power ballads, be they from Steve Tyler, Charlotte Church or people in adverts selling financial products. Ballads are honest outpourings of emotion. Politics should be conducted via power ballads. That way there'd be no chance for deception in the House of Commons. If Cameron's singing and not feeling it, if he doesn't believe what he says, we'll be able to tell. Bjork would be an excellent PM.
So there's three power ballads smeared into this messy collection and they're the only songs worth writing about. Whilst Aerosmith alumni may be mildly impressed by the 'prog' seven minutes of 'Street Jesus' and admire the head down rhythm of 'Lover Alot', really there are only three songs that move beyond treading water; 'What Could Have Been Love', 'Can't Stop Lovin'You' and 'Another Last Goodbye'.
'What Could Have Been Love' is the weakest of the three. The last 30 seconds have the harmonies, the melody, the warmth to create that power-grab tingle and a momentary softening to the Hollywood notion of American happiness. Big jumpers, a beach, proms, cars. Until the very final refrain the chorus doesn't swing on a large enough circumference to scoop you into it and the verses are non-descript. Only four power grabs out of 10.
'Can't Stop Lovin' You' is either charmingly deluded or a cynical marketing ploy but either way, Aerosmith are not Taylor Swift, even if Carrie Underwood, who duets on this number, almost is. The chorus is strong though, good pacing, strong vocal dynamics between Steve and Carrie. Cars, beer bottles, Alicia Silverstone's blog ('The Kind Life'), cowboys. Easily six power grabs out of 10. It could have scored more if Shania Twain and Mutt Lange had been involved to capture that real electro-Nashville-bluegrass-ballad feeling, an overlooked and too long ignored genre.
'Another Last Goodbye' is insane, and brilliant for three main reasons. Firstly, it has a classic power ballad sound - predominantly just a piano... and Tyler's voice. It sways from 'classic' Tyler to something akin to the metamorphosis from Mogwai to Gremlin. At its crescendo it's funnier than both films put together.
Secondly it uses the 'anti-chorus' formula, for each bridge that feels it's about to propel into space Tyler instead deflates to the line "Another last goodbye". It works.
The final component of this triple threat of excellence is the deployment of the lyric "You call me your baby/I kiss away the tears you cry/And then you go and leave me… pissed off and alone"… several times. Is it genius or terrible? It must be genius of some kind. A country fiddle even enters for a solo to add another random element. 10 inverted power grabs out of 10. This is also the last track on the album – an extra power grab.
This is a bad album. The power ballads have some good elements. You might sing one of these songs at karaoke one day. You should not listen to this album in its entirety.
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mercy's light be on our path save us thy erring children save from the red lightnings of thy wrath - — ry jr w — a stray shot i v as earl v m 64 while otir briapide i . i ■■: - ) w:is suit 111 remiessee that one morning we received orders to be ivadv to march at a moment's notice we had been idle for some lime ami the prospect of action was not unwel come ' besides a brush meant a possible supply of blinkets clothes commissary stores all of which we were in sore uoed those of us who liar them roiled up our ragged blank ets the bugles soun led i'.iil in 1 and ne were on the march we learned presently thai the fe i erals were advancing iiv cuni'ierlaiid rap where we had about a regiment of cavalry and a battery of light artill ery it was a splendid day the ground was covered with a fresh fall of snow that glistened i;i the cold sunshine and melted away here and there show ing patches of warm-looking brown earth the sky was a soft pale blue overhead and the crisp little wind that blew in our faces had lost the bit ing edge it had at dawn our spirits rose as we fell into the swinging step and there was mrstnrgling we had tramped steadly forward for some time when we heard all at once a sharp firingof smallarmsahea^l and rapid work by the battery it seemed to be a short hot ii lit with out the usual skirmishing and we were put at once on a doub!e-cj:iick but much to our disappointment wh u we came to the bit of open country where tn firing had seemed so brisk save for the trampled snowand one or two wounded men and a i'ew dead horses a broken down caisson a s;tber dropped hen 1 and there or a blue or gray cap caught on a bush or tossed on the ground there was no evidence that a regiment of cavalry and a battery of artillery had here met an enemy in hand to hand conflict the federal troop which proved to have been a single regiment out on a scout had re tired beyond tin 1 crap and our own force had followed in the direction of its former position we were grumbling loudly at hav ing come so far for nothing when a woman mounted on an old sorrel horse and wearing a blue homespun sun-bonnet came galloping down the road she dismounted at a small double log cabin near by and walked rapidly over to the spot where we wero making ready to camp had we seen anything of her two little boys she asked turning a pale agonizing face upon us they had been perched uprn the fence when the rebs began forming in line just across from the cabin and the older one a leetle turned o'six had taken his lit tle four-year-old brother by the hand and run out into the road to ho on then in a moment and beforeanvone could cry our to them even the yanks had came thundering along and they had been caught between the lines and swallowed up in the rush and roar of battle when the short tussle w s over they were no whs-re to be n she had gone on to where our lines had been re-established and hud there go ready leave to pass over to the fed eral cam but no one h id seen or heard anything of the missing children would we help her hunt them wouldn't we every man volun teered with a who ip we formed a long line — like a skirmish line — and started searching every foot of ground carefully and calling out cheerily as we went vve peered tin ier the edges of fallen trees we turned over bri-h heaps we scattered th dead leaves that had drifted in root-bound hollows we dragged the little pools of water made by the m ring snow we had gone over two or three miles in this way the short after noon was waning and the wind was growing sharp and keen with the lengthening rays of sun a halt w is called some f the officers and older men consulted hastily together and were about decided when suddenly a shout came here they are i the shout was caught up mcl turn ed into u glad veil as it rolled along | the hue i had heard the bebel yell i before and i heard it many a time : after when it meant victory at the ! close of a life and death struggle but [ never heard our boys in gray sound such a note of triumph as went up from ; their throats that day s they double quicked it to the spot where these two little runaways were lying it was in an old ti-iii whose long neglected furrows were covered with a thick growth of yellow sedge all wet with melted snow and shining in the soft red rays of the setting sun a bushy squat pine had shot op here and there the rooting rail fence was over run with blackberry vines and almost lost in a jungle of brown withered mullein and poke-berry stalks that grew iii its sheltering comers j iie children were in one of these moist tangled fence-corners their little blue home-p in frocks for they both were dresses were all torn and draggled their chubby faces were briar-scratched and dirty their bare heads were matted with dry leaves and straw hut 1 reckon every man of us thought that god's blue sky never looked down upon a prettier pici ure than they made lying there fast asleep and clasped closely in each other's arms we held our breath after that first shoui for fear of frightening them and when the grizzled old sergeant whose very looks was wont to make iiio recruits tremble in their boots stepped toward them with a soft al most bashful smile on his lips and stooped we a!4 took of our cap3 and leaned eagerly forward how we all envied big burly tender-hearted tom i when the sergeant beckoned him and laid the oldest boy a rosy and hushed with sleep into his arms the li tie fellow opened his blue eves and stared vaguely around then clasp ed his arms about tom's neck and gave him a long sigh of content the sergeant stooped again with a low chuckle of satisfaction the little-un is asleep for smv he said as he lifted him gently and turned the next moment he staggered under his light burden ami almost fell a hoarse groan burst from his lips the little head with its tangled mass of yellow curls rolled heavily to one side the little arms hung inertly down the serarean't hands where they supported tin 1 tiny neck were all dabbed in blood the stray shot had done its cruel work well it had ploughed across the small white throat and the baby head was almost severed from the little body the little-un was indeed as leep for sure a kind of frozen horror swept over the group gathered in that old field no min dared for awhile to look his neighbor in the face and when he did lie saw there nn expression that lie has not forgotten yel i ! he lives ten minutes be ire we were all rea dy to toss up for the privilege of car rying those little cdiaps home but now man of us hung back dumb ami unmoved and the sergeant and tom turned slowly and tramped away through the falling shadows to lay the living and the dead together in thai ivai ting mother's arms we followed silently with uncovered heads when tiie federal officer in com mand heard that the children were lost h.e offered to disarm his men stack their guns with ours and join in the search and more than once that night our pickets were < hallenged from the other side and anxious inquir ies made for the little ones when the answer went back across th hush and the silence of the niu r ht we could tell though we could not see the look that swept over the faces of our foes and that look made us all akin — hart well moore in march wide aicak the authorities of paris france have been invited to consider a propo sition to bring good drinking water and .-. plenty of it from the lake of x-'u.-haatel switzerland at a cost of 300,000,000 f ranees or 12,000,000 i pounds the distance b.'tw en th ! lake and paris is wi miles the sur face of the lake is 1.000 feet higher ■i han the city the water is very j i old and it is estimated i hai it can he i delivered at a temperature of 50 j which is about 0 degrees lower than the temperature of the water in the ! wells in i his city a new yorker who has been traveling in the south has this to ■say in an interview published in the | tunes in that city new factories are opening new capital invested im migrant of the best character have come to the towns where business is do ikers who are talking down the south take big chance on public credulity there are fewer debts in the south to-day than at.any time since the war there is more popular confi dence than has ever before been known i toll vo,i the people are going to have i fatter purses than dixie ever hitherto has dre m ■<! of instead of backward steps i he newsoui li isjust t iking on the full strength of its development an 1 this money made in the s uth is going to be sp-nt i:i the south there is coming aboom if that word be taken in its broadest -< j n-e which is going to be immeasurably greater and might ier than ill that havt preceded it ! i an inportant letter mr john .«. henderson whites ox tiik subject of kepeal prom southern tub.uco journal having addressed a letter to mr john ' s henderson member of congress of . the oth n ( '. jiisi asking his view on the tobacco tax question we received on ! wednesday the following reply house of representatives v . >.. washington d (.'.. > ma;vh 27 188s \ ■11 e harman esq danville va dear sir in reply to yours of the 26lh nist i beg leave to say i regret that i cannot give you any assurance j that congress will come to a speedy de i ci-sion upon the question of the repeal of ; the interim revenue taxes upon tobacco i i do not doubt that a large majority of i the members of the house ure favorable j to such repeal and that the senate also is j likely to vote for the proposition 1 have : i vainly trie 1 for more than two years to . i obtain recognition for the purpose of offering a resolution for the repeal of | these taxes it is well known that i i have been refused recognition for such purpose although it is generally conced ! ed by all well informhd persons that such a resolution us a distinct proposi tion would be certain to prevail in the house by a decided majority the tariff bill to be submitted to the house by the committee on waj's and means contain provisions for the repeal of tho tobacco taxes with the exception of those on ci , gars and cigarettes and cheroots i do { not believe a vote upon this bill will be taken before june first possibly not so j soon if the bill passes and of course there is some doubt about that it will not take effect before the first day of july i incline to the opinion that some tarilf measure will become a law at this j session of congress and i do not think there will be any tariff bill proposed which will not contain provisions for the repeal of the taxes on tobacco with the possible exceptions above mentioned if ! every tariff'bill fails a strong effort will i be made to test the sense of the house on i the subject of the repeal of the tobacco taxes and i believe these luxes will be j abolished at this session of congress i wish i could sneak more encouragiuirly to my friends in virginia north carolina and elsewhere about this matter i am receiving letters every day in forming me of the wide-spread distress and suffering which the agitation of this i question is causing no one regrets this condition of things more than i do and i will leave no stone unturned to induce congress to take such action as will re store confidence and cause business to revive but i haue very little hope of being ame to secure any favorable ac tion in the premises sooner than i have indicated wry i ruly yours john s hexder3on tor the watchman mr editor i see that the republi cans are again to have political aid from the misguided temperance people in north carolina 1 am a temperance man and have been for more than forty years whenever a suitable opportunity offers i put in a lick for temperance but i am also one of the mudsills of the democra tic party i'm deep down in that cause and at dead rest it will take a handspike larger and longer than the greensboro temperance men can handle to move me out of my democratic bed j 1 voted for prohibition when that ques tion was presented to the people and 1 : think now that it ought to have passed but we lost it by an overwhelming vote and temperance got a back-set and now if the democrats throw away their votes on the temperance candidates which are i to be brought out at greensboro next month who are sure to be beaten out of sight good-by to the only truly conserv ative party in the state good-'by to the democratic party good-by to wise and i good government the temperance cause itself will be damaged by the endeavor of its unwise advocates to split the democratic party ! what need have they for it while they ! have local option ? i believe that radi calism if successful will run riot as it did | before when in power and that the peo 1 pie will again be brought to grief by | their wastefulness extravagance and recklessness the defeat of my party ; means a fear of danger and it shall not ' come by my vote and ! hope every dem j j ocrat will stand by his color as solid as : i the granite on dunn's mountain old jake tomatoes fixing varieties seci'.mii a have often told us that if tak •- ;» long time to fully establish or fix as they temi it a new variety of itomato,s:j that it will come reasonably ! true from seed a vast amount of ! labor and time hive been wasted in this seleclio of specimens from year to year n order to secure a pun strain or type of tomato simply because the grower did not know there was a much ■better and m re direct way to establish i the variety it is only necessary to take cuttings from the plant which we desire to perpetuate and grow these in a greenhouse and at the approach of spring increase the stock by cuttings only the latter are then set out in the garden the same as seedling pi mfs nn a.s all are from n > parent stock ! they will be true to the original type seeds gathered from the fruit of such 1 plants will usually show morefixedness of character than can be secured by se lection of fruit in a half dozen years ( iittings may also be starte i in a snnnv window american agriculturist for april 7/3 tell you plainly that simmon's liver ucjrulator will rid you of dysjk i sia headache constipation and 3 . iou»nesi ii will break up chills and fever ami prevent their return and is a complete antidote for all malarial poison — yi t entirely free from quinine or calomel try it and you will be astonished it the joo i results of the genuine simmons liver i regulator prepared by j ii zcilin & co a romantic country interesting in nrnu'kn altnnt tlie cao in<m iki rta cap tal titlis the cnpital.nf the cauoasns is a large town situated in .•>. valley and j surrounded by mountains of varying heights it po*c>ssch very wiilp sani tary streets bor.u'ml n vnvh di l.v i row of trees which confer grateful shade on the foot passengers in thi tropical weather sonic of the buildings arc i ] s ,, vcrv fine especially those connected in any way with the russian government the most interesting portion f the town is the a»i:it:c quarter among tho b k>tlis iv.il 1 i trs if which i stranger mci-ts with sill kin is of strange sights ami s minis here are men of all na tions tlie rt«or^i:in russian fersian armenian greek jew etc who rush ing to and fro through the narrow streets some oa h u-scback others rid ing in phxtons create a medley only to be seen and appreciated in m eastern city the shops or rather booths in thia quarter aro exa^din^ly interesting containing all kinds of ancient relic things to delight the eve of the anti quary and curiosity e l ctor here are situated t'ic famoin hot sulphur baths renowned for theie curing properties for skin diseases of all kinds the water f these ba'.hs are unadulterated rauning directly fro:n tho spring into the bath ready for use not the least quaint is the geoi*gian costume which alth n^!i nncuoth and wild is very pictures jue 1 is com posed of a long buffalo hide made into the shape of a very large cape which being suspended from the shoulders reaches to the heels under this a long gown is worn ornamented on each side of tko breast with little c.ise-like pockets originally intmiled for cart ridges round tli waist a belt — silver or gold — beautifully embossed serves to hold the niiiim-oii arms in which the real georgian delight these weapon although worn exclusively for ornaments are very real and consist of a kinjal long n a ive knife stuck slantwise into the belt a dagger t!ie sheath of whieh h also embossed and last but not least a revolver ready iov immediate use very g.vnl sport cin be enjoyed here hares goats and hares aboun ling in abundance in the neighboring forests tho conr.no li:i •■; aro wonderfully cheap hero am i r which tigiire3 the native so-calle i k'.iakatinsky wiue tliis is sold in skins of various sizes the usual small skin co.itiining about eight quarts coitiug fron two to four ' roubles four to eig'it shillings of course much co nmoaer wine can be obtained which i naturally cheaper the real khakatinsky wine i rather expensive that of the !» •-' q-iality be inggromtfi in the c:iup:hu it obtains its name from the buaiitiful province wherein it is cultivated viz klia kati which in sitn.ituj about seventy vcrsts from tiflis it is a matter of great surprise to ino after having experienced a few of ike beauties of t!n comparatively un known nart of fa world that it is not better known and apjsfeciate.l by our english an 1 a ucric.i i tourists who would find ai)ridii of mountain j scenery equal ii piiiit f beauty to any iii the world tips cor l rnt free press hawley an inventor two r;»t«>nt from which the connecti cut senator receives in income senator hawley of cmnecticut told me the other day that he was an inven tor and had taken out two patents from which he was receiving a good income one of them a for a pocket compass and the other for a leather or rubber base or washer at the end of a cartridge said he i have always been very much astonished at the way in which a great idea crept out of me but it proved to be a profitable ami useful one i was with a friend one day a gun manufact urer in my town who was telling me of the difficulty he met with in secur ing the requisil • amount of elasticity at the base of a proj ctilc witbont a moment's reflection i asked him why he didn't put on a piece of rubber or leather he looked a me with a gratified surprise and said it was curious no one had thought of it but it seemed to him to be not only the simplest but the best thin it w as tri i worked like a charm and then my friend made application for a patent in my name it was granted machines wero constructed for placing ihe washers upon the cartridges and they are now in general use 1 get a handsome royalty out of it and the other patent that was for a compass a tubo about a bi as a lead pencil only not so long which can be earned in the vest pocket or hung from the watch chain it is a neat little thing and con venient ivoshinjton letter japanese sacred nuts a quantity of japanes ■sa re i nnts the first ever bronght t > this country has just been received at a broad way fruit store they arc called sacred from the fact that they are used in cer tain f onus of japanese worship the nuts are placed on the altar and ignited they burn with a bluish uan.e a°id give off a pecul ar odor they are rich in oil and the fumes are supposed to rise as incense to the god they grow under water have a leaf like a pond lily and ure shaped like a steer's head with two projecting horns this resemblance is so great that it is diffi cult to believe that they are not carved la the raw state they are bard and tasteless but when cooked they have the flavor of boiled chestnuts they retain their qualities ten or fif:ee!i years and are tit for food when even twenty years old — 2f y mm science and industry in new york 6,000 girla am stw erased in stripping tobneco it average wages of :'■ut"fortr cents a tla — electric appliances arc now sue ccssfnlly used hi the automatic regula tion oi teinperatnre i;i bail linga heated by steam or hot air — th 1 lowest baromeln ' pyos-mre on reconl is 7 i incli s which was oh serrcil in lsij during i si roi over th(t bay of beng.il this st in was also remarkable t r i - its di ameter being only from 1 10 to 200 tniies — for its sen ni's and fur its in draught toward the c ill r — a new tanui : ailed pjro fnscinc has been extracted from coat dnst by means of caustic soda tho tanning process u somewhat compli cated but ii i claimed : i be fifty per cent eheaper than the bark process and twentr to thirty percent cheaper than ill • alnno pr ice a german geojr ipher r credner does not think thai all fresh water lakes in which marine animals hava been discovered were necessarily oneo portions of the ocean many of those creatures ho says may havo found their way from tin a tip the rivers nml have a connnodated thcmseltcs to the changed conditions of their new home the occurrence of marine ani mals has been noted i;i fresh-water lakesin europe a~i i and africa as well as on this eontin nt — l)i pnulden of th laboratory of the college of physicians and surgeons new york has ascertained tint bacteria abound in ice and moreover that tho organisms can survive i large amount of freezing it has b 1 i established that bacteria are thn cause of a number of diseases aud the presumption is pretty btrong that sewage eoming frun among other places the abodes of the sick would contain a kind ol bacteria which had better not be included in ice-water that n to be swallowed — philadelphia claims to make find eat more candy in proportion to popu lation than any other city in the coun try ill ie are eighty-seven manufact urers and wholesalers and 1,200 retail ers and they use m re than fl.ow.uoo of capital and consumes 100.000 tons of sugar every year caramels are a great specialty f the trade in that city for other places much chocolate and wal nut candy and many gum drops aro made six tons of gum drops were shipped from philadelphia to pittsburgh the week before christmas brooklyn makes the mc>3t chewitiggjuni it is said and boston eats the most of it — m de c.vndolle a french investi gator has come to the con rlusion from his research's that women hare a larger proportion of brown eyes than men lie also finds that when bot'i parents have eyes of a like color the chances are eight v-eight to twelve that their children who arrivu at the ago of tea years when tho color ■•[ the eye u fixed wil have ey - of the same color when the parents have eyes of different colors the cliances are lifty-live.to forty live in favoi of l>n>-.vn as against bluu or gra ev s in tli ■childrn i he is il.so of opinion thai tho health of the bru nette tyi ■is as a rule superior to that of the blonde typo pungent paragraphs > — don't 1 deceived by a man's in nocent look he m:ij simply be near sighted poker-players expect that 1888 will be a good year a il contains three of a kind — iio hesfcr post-express when a man owe t round sum he sometfoi - limls it extremely hard to 5rj:iaru up — new llaotn ntu-s — hotel propriet rs are uniformly polite to their ruc<l because that is the usc-vou-we!l proceilure — pitts burgh chroyicli ■physiologists say thai the older a man grows the mailer his brain be comes this explains why young men know every thing a:i i old men dbthing — irate stulunl d.ni't you ever sweep und r ihe bed i'd like to know calm chambermaid i alway do i prefer il to a dust-pan — harvard lampoon — michigan makos m tro shingles than other stsites i'i the union but curiously enough i f has no more than the usual percentage of good boys — bur ling t m fr e press — who is that extremely peculiar and interesting inai with ?""' "(), that is a p nas a great ftitur .• behin ' gen i ■blalii r — in masjaehusetts they impose a bmall tax on dogs bsii giro the pro ceed to the public libraries bo that you can support n liner at your option philaddj tin /■— jennie said a young lady tarn ing awav from the mirror and address ing a compani n what wtmld you df if you h id a mustache o i your lips if i liked him 1 woul i keep quiet was the demure reply — at y irajihir — stranger to grocer why don't yon sprinkle some sand on tha pave ment out here half a do/on people have fallen in thu 1 isl five minutes 1 haven't any baud 1 then out some of your sugar it's just tho bainc thing lincoln journal a wife's a txiety husband im patiently)—"if the fool-killer would strike tliis town he would find plenty of work to do wife is there such aperson d u hi-b unl of course there is 1 wife with anxiety — well i do hope john that you will be very careful — texts sifting — alexandria in clark county mo was once the gretnagreenof the west where hundreds of young couples from iowa ulinou and missouri were united without licence nd without question justice giuam now an old residentol alexandria was most in dein.-ind to tio the knot for the eloping couples aud rean 1 a rich harvest for nis pains
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15 Fresh Picnic Salads for the 4th of July
Salads at 4th of July cookouts and summer picnics tend to fall into a few worn-out categories. Mayo-laden potato salad. Greasy pasta salad. Maybe a tomato salad if you're lucky. Salads and side dishes get short shrift next to the blazing grill and charcoal taste of those cheeseburgers, or the splendor of the blueberry flag cake. Well, that shouldn't be so. Here are 15 summer salads that offer delicious summer taste, and something fresh, something new for your summer picnic table.
The other benefit to many of these salads is that they don't involve a lot of mayonnaise. Many don't even have dairy! This is safer for salads that will be sitting out in the heat; mayonnaise and sunny picnic tables just shouldn't go together, at least not for very long. Most of these salads opt for olive oil or yogurt instead of mayo, and they all will hold up just fine in the summer heat.
Fresh Picnic Salads
Grain Salads
• Sweet and Savory Wild Rice Salad - Crunchy with red pepper and cucumbers, savory with wild rice and chives, sweet with dates, zesty with lime and orange juice.
• Warm Farro Salad with Roasted Vegetables and Fontina - Carrots, mushrooms, gooey cheese, and nutty, tender farro.
• Meyer Lemon Grain Salad with Asparagus, Almonds and Goat Cheese - Sweet and citrusy, with crunchy almonds and mellow goat cheese.
Vegetable Salads
• The Perfect Tomato Salad - So easy! Just tomatoes, good balsamic vinegar, a flurry of basil.
• Crunchy Peanut Slaw - A real crowd-pleaser. Chopped cabbage, peanuts, a sweet and salty soy dressing.
• Broccoli Slaw - A modern version of that old-fashioned broccoli slaw, lightened-up and fresher.
• Kale Slaw with Peanut Dressing - Even more addictive than the cabbage slaw, and so bright and attractive with its jewel-green kale.
• Herbed Sweet Corn and Tomato Salad - The essence of summer: sweet corn, tomatoes, a little goat cheese.
• Grilled Zucchini and Grape Tomato Salad - An even simpler summer salad. Just throw the vegetables on the grill, then toss with a little oil, salt, and pepper.
• Tomato Salad with Red Onion, Dill and Feta - A glorious Greek-inspired salad with herbs, feta cheese, and lots of red onion. Zesty!
Pasta and Potato Salads
• Potato Salad with Yogurt, Arugula, and Dill - Simple, fresh, and delicious. Tangy with yogurt, and fresh herbs.
• Mixed New Potato Salad with Sweet Basil and Shallots - Fresh basil, crunchy pink shallots, tender little potatoes.
• Kalamata Olive and Parsley Potato Salad - Purple potatoes! Very festive. With olives, parsley, and lemon.
• Potato Salad with Fava Beans and Fennel - If you have some late fava beans around, use them here! Lima beans or shelled edamame would also be delicious in this fresh green potato salad.
• Roasted Garlic, Olive and Tomato Pasta Salad - Roasted garlic, tomatoes, olives - yummy!
What is your favorite salad for a picnic? Do you like grain salads? Pasta salads? Just plain garden salads? Tell us!
(Thanks to Faith for pulling together this list while I'm deep in the cave of finishing up my book!)
Related: Recipe Roundup: Main Dish Salads
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You could almost set your calendar by it. The beginning of year rumor-mill is turning furiously, as it churns out reams of data on a variety of thrilling new devices for later this year. Today we have heard about super-secret Moto phones, some not-so-secret Samsung phones, and some Samsung tablets sprinkled in for good flavor. Now we can add an HTC rumor to the pile and call it dessert! According to the latest intel, the HTC M7 will definitely be coming to Verizon, AT&T and Sprint, although an exact time-frame is still anyone's guess. We have no idea why it wouldn't launch on T-Mobile, but in fact, just because it has been unofficially confirmed on the other big three doesn't mean it won't come to T-Mo. eventually. Here's a recap of primary specs for this juicy device:
- 4.7-inch 1,920 x 1080 display (468ppi)
- 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor
- 32GB of internal storage
- Jelly Bean topped off with Sense 5.0
It seems like we say this every year, but it definitely will be difficult to choose from all of the amazing new devices coming soon. What do you think of this one?
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SAN ANTONIO –- The officer shot and killed outside the San Antonio Police headquarters Sunday morning has been identified.
In a press conference Sunday, SAPD Chief William McManus confirmed that Detective Benjamin Marconi, 50, was the officer who was killed during a traffic stop on Sunday.
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Marconi was a 20-year veteran of the force.
Authorities responded to the scene at 11:40 a.m. on West Nueva Street and Santa Rosa Street, SAPD Chief McManus said.
McManus said Marconi pulled over a vehicle outside of the Public Safety Headquarters. While he was inside his vehicle writing a ticket, a black vehicle pulled up behind him.
The driver of that vehicle got out, walked up to Marconi's driver-side window and shot him in the head, McManus said.
Then the suspect reached into the window and shot Marconi a second time, he said.
The suspect then got back in his car and pulled away. Police believe the suspect's vehicle was a 2009-2015 black Mitsubishi Galant with custom rims.
Police said Marconi was pronounced dead at San Antonio Military Medical Center around 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
McManus said the suspect is a black male around five-foot-seven to six feet in height, wearing a gray sweatshirt and black baggy pants. The suspect also has a beard.
Police said they do not know what the motive for the shooting was but are looking into every possible reason.
RELATED: Condolences, support pours in for slain SAPD officer
Chief McManus said in the press conference that they do not know if there was a connection between the car Marconi stopped and the shooter.
Until further notice, SAPD officers won't conduct traffic stops alone. They must have cover, said McManus in the press conference.
This is a capital murder case.
Crime Stoppers will pay $10,000 cash for information that leads to the identification and location of the suspect(s) responsible. You are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 224-STOP or go to sacrimestoppers.com.


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   Enhanced Features. The enhanced Growth of a Nation offers three information layers including the original US History available on the web site. Select the Timeline, Population, or US History layer by clicking the Navigation Menu in the upper left corner of any layers.
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The University Academic Calendar is published at the beginning of each academic year on the web at http://www.wcsu.edu/newsevents/acad.asp under the supervision of the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs. It contains all academic and other deadlines and special events that are regularly or contractually scheduled . Please note that updates are made during the year so check the calendar regularly.


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The carpet has been pulled up leaving a tacky cement floor, as renovations have started on the conversion of office space at 144 Metro Center Blvd. into the future classrooms of Salve Regina University's West Bay facility. The 12,000-square foot site will offer graduate and continuing education courses beginning this fall.
According to the university website, Warwick was selected to replace the existing West Bay site in Pawtucket because of its central location and easy access.
The new site will provide classrooms, student lounge area, collaborative learning spaces for student group meetings, expanded computer lab facilities, and expanded services, including enrollment counseling, program advising and registration assistance.
Salve Regina's continuing education programs are designed to meet the needs of adult learners, many of whom are already in the workforce, by offering flexibility in both time and location. Courses at the West Bay site will be offered year-round in both the traditional classroom and hybrid formats, including semester-long courses and seven-week condensed courses.
Most of the courses will be offered during the evening hours, which bodes well for NEBCO that shares the single story building owned by Frank Paolino.
"Most of us will have left by the time their students start arriving," said Arlene Shelton of NEBCO. She noted that that means there will be more than adequate parking for both tenants. Beyond that, Shelton thought having the university so close may also help its employees to pursue their educations.
Mayor Scott Avedisian called the satellite campus "wonderful" for Warwick.
"They are one of the region's most well respected colleges and their presence here in the city is welcomed. I have worked with Salve on issues of truancy courts and juvenile justice in the past, and look forward to having more of their expertise to draw from in the future," he said yesterday.
The university will offer bachelor's degree programs in business administration, accounting and marketing, as well as a liberal studies degree for students bringing in 60 or more credits from other regionally accredited institutions.
Salve Regina's business studies department is accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), an outcomes-based professional accrediting organization. The IACBE accreditation puts Salve Regina in a unique position among Rhode Island's colleges and universities to offer continuing education programs in business studies.
Salve Regina's existing RN-BS program will also be administered at the West Bay site. The RN-BS program is designed for applicants who are currently working in the field of nursing and who have an RN license. The program encompasses both an accredited nursing program and a liberal arts core curriculum addressing the values of Salve Regina's mission.
"Salve Regina's West Bay site represents a significant investment in the instructional facilities and program offerings that will provide greater benefit for our current and potential students in graduate studies and continuing education," Traci Warrington, dean of professional studies, said in a statement. "The opening of the new site is the culmination of over two years of research, analysis, discussion and planning by the administration, but it also marks the beginning of an exciting new phase of activity."
Recruitment is underway now for classes starting in September. Financial aid is available. For more information, contact 800-637-0002 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Female financial advisors have the widest wage gap of all occupations tracked by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Here are 10 things to know about the gap.
1) The pay gap is huge for advisors. Overall in the U.S. economy, women earned about 82 cents for every dollar male workers earned in 2017. Critics of that statistic will often point out that the wage gap can partly be explained away by the different industries in which women and men tend to work.
Drilling down to specific occupations, though, paints a particularly bleak picture for female advisors: They earned just 59 cents for every dollar their male peers earned last year.
To be clear, that statistic only includes full-time advisors who work 35 hours a week or more, so it's not dramatically distorted by women who may work part time. The pay measure also includes salaries and commissions, but not one-time payments such as annual bonuses.
2) The gap is persistent. The 59-cent gap for advisors is the widest of all occupations the Department of Labor tracks on that statistic — a distinction that has been true for two years in a row.
These aren't statistics to be proud of, and the CFP Board wants the disparity to change. Earlier this year, the industry group appointed Kathleen McQuiggan, a wealth manager for Artemis Financial Advisors and longtime women's advocate, to serve as a special advisor on gender diversity. She describes a "myth of the meritocracy" at financial firms.
"Every firm is claiming to be a meritocracy," she says, but once firms drill down into their own internal data, they often find a pay gap. She recommends firms adopt more-transparent compensation structures and standardized job descriptions to eventually get the industry to pay equity.
3) It's better in other areas of finance. While finance, in general, has historically not been known as an egalitarian place for women, other financial professions offer a far narrower pay gap than the advisory route.
Female accountants, for example, earn 77 cents on the dollar, and female financial analysts earn 86 cents to a man's dollar.
7) Fewer women at the top. Women are less likely than men to be in top leadership roles. About 39% of women owned all or part of their practice in 2013, versus 63% of men, the Aité Group study shows.
And at RIAs, only 20% of firm equity goes to women, the Schwab study shows.
8) Unfair treatment is part of the problem. When advisors engage in misconduct, women are not judged on equal footing with men.
In fact, a 2017 academic study shows female advisors are punished at substantially higher rates relative to male advisors, even when they commit errors that are far less costly. That study, called "When Harry Fired Sally," also wasn't shy about naming specific firms. Wells Fargo was the worst offender. There, women were 27% more likely than men to experience a "job separation" after engaging in misconduct.
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Is The Energy Department Ready to Reboot the Country?
By Robert Alvarez | 27 March 2009 The Bulletin
The Energy Department figures prominently in the recently enacted $789 billion economic stimulus package meant to help the ailing U.S. economy. Specifically, Congress has provided Energy with $38.3 billion for the next two years adding about 75 percent to Energy's annual budgets. It has also increased the agency's authority to grant or guarantee $132 billion in energy loans from the federal government. Energy's "modest" goals, as laid out in its recent strategic plan for the stimulus package: "Create millions of new green jobs and lay the foundation for the future" of the country.
These are high expectations for an agency that has been a non-player in the country's energy policy for most of its existence. Energy was created in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter to reset the U.S. energy agenda in response to the oil disruptions and embargo. This effort, however, was short-lived.
When President Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, one of his first goals was to abolish Energy and eliminate the government's role in the energy sector. But he was unable to kill the department because neither he nor his supporters could figure out what to do with the country's sprawling nuclear weapons complex, a key part of Energy's mandate. Ever since, nuclear weapon stewardship has dominated the department's agenda.
But now, just a couple of months into his administration, President Barack Obama is poised to make a major investment into Energy. In terms of direct spending, energy conservation gets the most money with $8.5 billion, followed by $6 billion for cleanup of polluted nuclear sites, $5.6 billion for renewable energy, $4.5 billion for electricity transmission, $3.2 billion for fossil energy, and $2.7 billion for alternative fuel vehicles. An additional $6 billion is being set aside to cover government costs (including financial risk expenses) on $60 billion in loan guarantees for renewable energy and electrical grid improvements. An additional $2 billion is being provided for Energy's Science Program--$400 million of which is to be used to establish a new Advanced Research Projects Agency within the department, at Energy Secretary Steven Chu's request no less.
Most of Energy's stimulus spending will be in the form of grants and contracts--the administration of which will be a major challenge for an understaffed and neglected federal workforce. Years of outsourcing and staff cuts have left Energy ill-prepared to handle the onslaught of work and responsibility these programs will require. Recognizing this, Congress has urged the department to hire more federal workers.
Days after the stimulus package was passed, Chu was called to task by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, because of the department's slow pace in getting its burgeoning loan-guarantee programs off the ground. In response, Chu announced reforms designed to kick-start the program. And last Friday, he issued Energy's first loan guarantee for construction of a solar manufacturing plant in California. Other projects, however, such as nuclear plants and auto manufacturing will have to go through a multiyear process due to congressional and regulatory requirements.
Despite the pressure to move quickly, there's good reason to be thorough. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), recipients of the loan guarantees have a 50 percent chance of defaulting--leaving taxpayers holding the bag. Mindful of these risks, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a stimulus spending requirement for Energy to have a "sufficient and adequately trained workforce to responsibly evaluate, award, and monitor loans and loan guarantees." Yet, nearly simultaneously, Energy's inspector general reported that the loan-guarantee office wasn't adequately staffed to perform even minimal due diligence.
More largely, since 1990, Energy has remained prominent on the GAO's list of high-risk federal agencies vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse. For example, in 2007, GAO reported that the department "performed little or no review" of its contractors' monthly invoices over a two-year period during the construction of a large waste processing plant at the Hanford site in Washington State. The total cost of this project has skyrocketed from $42 billion to nearly $70 billion and is several years behind schedule.
At the same time, Chu must contend with a budget structure in which maintaining nuclear weapons and cleaning up nuclear sites have dominated for decades. Even with additional stimulus money, spending for bombs and cleanup will still exceed those for actual energy-related functions. Spending for the weapons complex is currently comparable to that during the height of the nuclear arms race in the 1950s. The big difference now--half of that money is spent dealing with the Cold War's environmental legacy. Last year alone, Hanford received $2 billion for cleanup, nearly twice as much as the entire EPA Superfund program. But this is proving to be not enough, prompting Washington State to sue Energy to pick up the pace of processing the radioactive detritus that threatens the nearby Columbia River.
Thus, the most important step in transforming Energy is to free the department from its mission to maintain nuclear warheads and the country's Cold War nuclear infrastructure. This structural impediment isn't lost on the White House either. In January, it launched an interagency review with the goal of transferring the country's nuclear weapon programs from Energy to the Pentagon. Currently OMB is reviewing how best to transfer the bomb program out of Energy. Its report is due in September.
In the meantime, efforts to bolster the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy should be given a high priority since it will be responsible for more than one-half of the department's stimulus spending. One suggestion would be to have the office focus on energy conservation programs (such as home weatherization) that are an effective way to stimulate rapid job growth.
It's clear that the role of science in solving the country's energy problems will take center stage with Secretary Chu, a Nobel laureate, at the helm. Plus, as the former director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, he's familiar with the tensions within Energy's Science Program, which involve large, traditional physics projects and more recent additions such as biological and environmental research. The hope is that new initiatives such as the department's Advanced Research Projects Agency will provide him with the opportunity to transcend the department's entrenched interests and help encourage scientific breakthroughs that can help the country.


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.NET Controls: The ActiveX Masked Edit Box
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 provides a convenient text box that allows you to assist the user with text entry in a text box. This control is called MaskEdit. To use this control, you must explicitly add it as a COM Component of the Microsoft Masked Edit Control.
The most important property of a MaskEdit control, which sets it apart from the (traditional) text box control, is its ability to control what the user can and cannot enter in the text side. To configure this text, you have two alternatives. The Format property in the Properties window provides a list of available masks you can use:
If none of the masks in the list suits you, you still have two alternatives. You can type your own desired mask in the Format field. The characters you can use are:
Besides these letters, an empty space and/or a special character should be used to separate the sections of the string. You should use an appropriate character as defined in the Regional Settings of the Control Panel:
Based on this, in US English, the character used to separate the date sections is the forward slash if you use a short date. In US English, the comma is used to separate the sections of a long date.
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NIH Won't Let Others Supply Life Saving Drug Even Though Genzyme Can't Make Enough
from the patents-costing-lives dept
At the time, we doubted the petition would be approved -- and indeed, the NIH has rejected the petition. An opening was left for an appeal, if another petition is filed by a company that wants to make Fabrazyme, rather than the patients (you know, the folks actually suffering). As the statement of Robert Weissman from Public Citizen makes clear, this is a ridiculous situation:
Why is NIH resorting to legal gymnastics to avoid exercising its legal authority to ensure an adequate supply of an important medicine? NIH agrees Genzyme is failing to produce an adequate supply of the important medicine Fabrazyme. It is plain that removing the patent monopoly on the drug is a necessary condition to enabling other potential manufacturers to enter the market. Yet NIH chooses to deny a request to issue open licenses for the Fabrazyme patents -- a request for which it has undisputed legal authority -- on the Alice-in-Wonderland, self-justifying grounds that there are as yet no competing suppliers. Of course there are no competing suppliers -- why would any firm try to enter a market it believed closed by a patent monopoly?


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In the Jan. 26 Telegraph ("S&P lowers Illinois credit rating"), Sara Burnett of the Associated Press wrote, "Illinois has a $96 billion unfunded liability in its five state-employee pension funds, due to decades of shorting or skipping its pension payments."
SURS went from 88.2 percent funded (only $247 million short of the 90 percent funding target) at the end of FY 2000, to being only 41.3 percent funded at the end of FY 2012 ($16.2 billion short of the 90 percent funding target).
SURS's problems are from the last 12 years of overly-generous pensions and the poor economy, not from "decades of shorting and skipping" pension payments.
n The cost of SURS benefits have more than tripled in 12 years, from $601 million (FY 2000) to $1.856 billion (FY 2012). That violates the actuarial assumptions that SURS is built on.
n Because of the poor economy, SURS earned only a 2.9 percent rate of return on investments instead of the assumed 8 percent.
n Taxpayer funding for SURS has more than quadrupled in 12 years, from $241 million (FY 2000) to $1.032 billion (FY 2012). For FY 2013, the state's required SURS contribution increased to $1.403 billion (nearly six times the required contribution of FY 2000).
n While SURS benefit costs have more than tripled, SURS employee contributions only increased from $221 million in FY 2000 to $312 million in FY 2012 (a 41 percent increase, about the rate of inflation). Who is not paying their fair share?
Illinois made the full required $4.9 billion contribution to the five pension systems, yet the unfunded liability increased by $13.7 billion during FY 2012. Is this what Ms. Burnett calls "shorting" the pension systems? Where could Illinois have come up with another $13.7 billion for pensions in FY 2012 (for example, Illinois spent $13.6 billion on education and higher education)?
Illinois needs pension reform, now.


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Two other Grand athletes also recently made the Academic All-State teams in their respective fall sports: Adam Jenkinson in cross-country and Jessica Valdes in volleyball.
In addition, several other Red Devil senior athletes were named to the academic all-region teams of their respective sports. Those students are: Becca Farnsworth and Deanna Irvin in tennis; Mercedes James in both cross-country and soccer; Jackson Knowles, Treyton Helquist, and Reyce Knutson in cross-country; Layton Call and Chase Holyoak in football; and Tiffanie Whipple in volleyball.
All the students were recognized during a school-wide pep assembly held at GCHS on Friday, Nov. 15.


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I don't know, but if you find yourself agreeing with BOTH Dan Snyder and Roger Goodell on a topic, you are probably wrong.
Being from Seattle, surrounded by a lot of Native Americans on a semi-daily basis, I would be embarrassed to have anything with "Redskins" printed on it. What do you think?


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Our website redesign – user testing results
We tested some designs with a sample of users the other week. This is what we found.
Seventeen participants used the pages for a range of test tasks between 13 and 15 September 2011. During the test sessions, they were also asked a series of questions relating to their perceptions of the page mock-ups. The testing was conducted at the Australian Museum and respondents included teachers, parents, staff, tourists and adults generally interested in nature and culture.
Overall, test participants felt the page mock-ups were easy to use and with the exception of one participant and one task, all the participants were able to complete all the test tasks successfully.
Many participants offered (unsolicited) positive comments about including contact details and information about the costs on the Home page. Also several participants offer the unsolicited view that the mock-up was better than the current site Home page. This is also good as we really want to change the way to do the Home page to include more rich media, less links and better visuals. Even though only 5% visit the Home page (as discussed here) it is still an important part of how we project ourselves – our Director described it a serving the same purpose as a book dust jacket, giving the viewer a snapshot of who we are and what we do.
Responses to the 'What's On' page were particularly positive. This is especially pleasing as our current What's on pages are a mess that we're working hard to fix in the interim of the redesign. There were differing opinions about the inclusion of the whole (rich) footer on this page as well as the Home page however. The What's on page mock-up contains an image of a video player with a frame from a video displayed. All of the participants identified video element on the mock-up and most appeared to believe that including video material was a good idea, but some participants forcefully held the contrary view. On the second day of testing we added a line of text to explain what the video was and we found that helped some and not others. I guess the lesson here is to design for many modes of browsing behaviour.
We struggled with how to present the calendar and feel that our current site gives too many options and is too confusing. We decided on a monthly view only. All of the participants appeared enthusiastic about the 'Pick a date' calendar although some said they would review the 'Coming soon' content before using the calendar when asked how they would find out what was on in October (next month). I think we need more data about when people make the decision to visit the Museum's physical site and we're going to add a question on this to our upcoming surveys.
We've also been thinking hard about how to place "ads" (for want of a better term) on the site to promote exhibitions, products and other programs. We tested a general page (Wombat) with a small section promoting the Beauty from Nature exhibition with a link to where visitors could find out how to get a 20% discount. One of the aims of testing this page was to determine whether or not participants would notice this announcement. About half appeared to have some difficulty finding the special offer announcement. Also, some questioned how appropriate or relevant it was to have an announcement of this sort on the Wombat page. The lesson for us here is that ads need to be relevant to the page – for example a promo for our DangerOz app would fit well here.
If you want to have a look at the page mock-ups as they stand now check them out here and let us know what you think. For more behind the redesign check out these blog posts:
- Redeveloping the Museum's front page
- What do users think about our current front page
- How do vsitors use our website front page
Thanks to Roger Hudson of webusability who conducted this research, and who's report I have shamelessly plagiarised! We'll keep you posted as we undertake our site redesign over the next few months.


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AP reports that Securities and Exchange Commission Chief Linda Thomsen is leaving the agency less than a week after receiving an angry dressing-down before Congress over the agency's failure to detect the $50 billion Ponzi scheme allegedly run by money manager Bernard Madoff.
Thomsen was front and center at a Feb. 4 hearing by a House subcommittee investigating the Madoff affair and the enforcement breakdown at the SEC. She was put on the defensive by lawmakers and forced to defend the SEC's position that she and other officials couldn't publicly discuss details of the matter because of an ongoing investigation by the agency's inspector general.


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Pets, Pets, Pets
Move over, Con Ed. The Long Island Papillon Power Authority is about to electrify the Piers during the Westminster Kennel Club (WKC) Masters Agility Championship on Feb. 8. A dozen Papillons from Nassau and Suffolk, including a trio of senior siblings, will be among the 225 canine contenders in Westminster's first-ever agility event held before the prestigious breed competition the 138th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. These tiny Papillons are a force to be reckoned with. Let's touch on WKC agility before profiling the local Papillon power grid:
Last year WKC broke with tradition and moved daytime breed judging from Madison Square Garden to Piers 92/94 at 55th Street and West Side Highway because renovations at the Garden had taken away the space needed to "bench" over 2,000 dogs. At a "benched" show like WKC, entered dogs must be on view to the public the whole day. The Piers have plenty of room.
WKC explored the best ways to utilize this wonderful new venue that was theirs for the whole weekend. To showcase a fast-paced, athletic competition that is also a celebration of the bond between dogs and people, WKC decided upon an American Kennel Club (AKC) sanctioned agility trial, beginning in 2014 on the Saturday before the conformation [breed] show on Feb. 10-11. WKC agility would be open to dogs that were already at the Masters or Excellent level, and would follow AKC regulations.
Over 600 agility dogs were entered, with only spots for around 200, so a random draw (pulling envelopes by lottery where there could be up to 10 entries in an envelope) was the fair way to choose the competitors. The draw resulted in representatives from 64 different breeds, including a total of 20 Papillons plus 15 mixed breeds (called "All Americans"). Despite what you may be seeing in the media, mixed breed eligibility is not new and not Westminster's idea. The AKC determined several years ago that mixed breeds could compete in all AKC performance events. Also keep in mind that a Masters Agility Championship Title is called a MACH. The higher the number after the MACH, the more times a dog has earned this honor.
Papillons are adorable, agile, spirited Toys ranging from 5-10 pounds identified by their characteristic butterfly ears. They're also intelligent and can be demanding of attention so agility is a great outlet for their energy and intellect. The LI owners of the dynamo dozen are good friends who share in the care and success of each others' dogs. Now to "Meet the Papillons":
Speedy Senior Siblings: "Chase, Astro and Cher" are three 11-year-old Papillons with different owners but from the same litter of three, all entered in WKC agility. Both of their parents are still alive. Mom "Star" is retired but can do agility at 14. The photo shows the trio celebrating their 11th birthday in December. Their presence together at the Piers is a testament to proper canine health, fitness, breeding and owner commitment.
The "triplets" were bred by Andrea Samuels of Westbury as part of her StarStruck line. She owns "Chase" and five other Papillons slated to be at the Piers. "Chase" and brother "Astro" are MACH11 in agility: whereas, "Chase" and five of the dynamo dozen are champions too. "Astro" belongs to Laura Simonelli of West Islip, who happens to live on Westminster
Lane, while "Cher" aka Starstruck Moonstruck, is the diva darling of Nancy Andrysiak of Albertson. "Cher," and housemate, also WKC ace- "Levi" a drop-eared Papillon called a phalene- were featured on Animal Planet's TV series "Dogs 101." "Levi" is nicknamed "Yummy" because he is such a mellow fellow outside the ring. The photogenic pups have done modeling. "Chase and Mama Star" were featured in a Sachs Fifth Avenue ad that was displayed on the Westminster website. "Chase" will be competing against his sons- "Bounder and CJ."
"Astro was at a show in PA several years ago. I threw him his squeaker ball, and it rolled under something. During the match, he got up to obstacle #16, left the ring, grabbed his ball and continued to do the last four obstacles with his ball in his mouth, " said Laura. "The judge and I looked at each other but didn't realize what he was doing until we heard people laughing." Note: Astro was disqualified though thinking on his feet and reclaiming what was rightfully his.
Dual Dogs: Approximately 3,000 dogs are in WKC combined events this year. Only three are in both agility and conformation. Sisters "Fame and Cheers," belonging to Andrea, are two of the dual dogs. They along with their Mom "Sparkle" and half sister "Carly," also Papillon participants, are descended from the great "Kirby" (Ch Loteki Supernatural Being) who won WKC Best In Show at the Garden in 1999. "Carly" and "Fame" wowed reporters as they did synchronized weaving through the poles at the WKC press on Jan. 15.
"Gem," a Border Collie rescue from Glen Highland Farms upstate, demonstrated agility that day too. She belongs to Dianne Jamison of Central Islip who will also be competing with her Papillon "Bounder," Chase's son. Andrea showed him to his championship; then Dianne worked with Bounder to earn his MACH. The LI Papillon people travel to the national shows together, and root each other on.
Vino, Vidi, Vici: Jill Blum, a retired microbiologist, owns a vineyard in Peconic. "I downsized from Dobermans years ago when I wanted a small, highly trainable, smart dog that I could work with in agility," Jill said at last weekend's match at Doggie U in Bay Shore. A favorite pastime for her Papillon "Dallas" is to run up and down the rows of grapes, chasing unsuspecting little critters. He will be running at the Piers with his Pomeranian partner "Token" while their Russian Toy pal "Zander," also an agility ace, will be watching at home and minding the vino.
Blast's a Blast: Laura, a high school physics teacher, confesses that her Papillon participant, "Blast," was the most obnoxious puppy she ever owned. "Blast demanded attention, so we worked on tricks, lots of tricks. He can lift his paws by number, he can back up, bark on command and do a handstand, to name a few. He has taught me more about dog training than all my dogs combined," said Laura. His repertoire is impressive. I saw "Blast" do his spider maneuver where he climbs up against a wall backward and pretends to hang there. It's so Charlotte's Web.
Agility creates a working team of dog and person, each tuned into the other's movement and mind.
You want to hope that exercise and mental stimulation can add years to a beloved dog's life. "Agility is addictive; the passion keeps you alive. It makes you live longer," claims Nancy. So perhaps there's a people pay-off, too.
Tune into the WKC agility finals on Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. on FOX5. Olympic diver and agility expert Greg Louganis is one of the commentators. You just might see a LI Papillon posing inside the silver trophy cup, reminiscent of the great "Kirby" in 1999.