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Rialto Theatre
308 S. Saginaw Street,
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Opened as the Savoy Theatre in 1908, it became the New Savoy Theatre and later became the Royal Theatre. It was finally renamed as the Rialto Theatre.
The theatre opened in 1935 with seating listed at 565. It was operated by Associated Theatres.
The Rialto Theatre closed in 1973 and has since been demolished. Any further information on this theatre would be appreciated.
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This page has some pictures of the theater and of the site after the theater was demolished: View link
Actually, the Rialto was the second name the theater had. It was renamed the Royal in the early 1960s which showed art house films which evolved into grindhouse films and finally porn.
I managed the Royal theater when it had changed from the Rialto. It was an open all night theater and drew the gay audience. When it was the Rialto they had Vaudeville shows and later talent stage shows. It was long and narrow. It had a nickname the Rathole, because they claimed rats came into the theater from the back alley. I never saw any.
It had been remodeled with new seats and carpet in the lobby and aisles. The entrance was also made over and it was a clean theater and got over the rathole name calling. It was still open all night and they even had "THE HUSTLER" with Jackie Gleason and Paul Newman first run. I left to operate the book store next door, Le Stag Shoppe. When the downtown Flint died with ten large businesses moving out to the malls, the Royal lost their lease. They opened a store front theater a block away and exhibited porn films. Now that too is gone.
The Water Winter Wonderland page for the Savoy says the theater opened in 1908. A Savoy Theatre at Flint suffered a fire on May 13, 1913, according to a list of theater fires in the September, 1913, issue of Safety Engineering. It didn't reveal the extent of the damage, but if it was considerable and substantial repairs had to be made, that might explain why the theater was called the New Savoy for a while.
The Savoy Theatre is listed at 302 S. Saginaw in the 1915 and 1922 Flint city directories. I don't know if the lot was later renumbered, or if a new theater was built on a nearby site.
Interestingly, the 1915 directory also lists 302 S. Saginaw as the office of George J. Bachmann, under the category Theatre Contractors. Bachmann, an architect, designed several theaters in Flint and other Michigan cities. Another page of the 1915 directory lists him a second time, as an architect, with offices in the P. Smith Building, which was across Saginaw Street from the Savoy. I don't know just what to make of the dual offices and dual professions, but it suggests that Bachmann might have designed the Savoy and might even have been its owner, or part owner.
I do remember the Royal Theatre in the very early '70s when my best friend's mother worked there as a ticket taker in the booth out front. The owner at the time was Nate S and his son was a pretty good friend of ours, Larry S, who was the projectionist at the time. I remember when "Deep Throat was showing. It was very controversial. At the time, Nate also owned a bar on Flushing Rd. It was very interesting to be able to see this side of life. My friends mother did not sugar coat her job, she painted a clear picture…the Royal Theatre was a seedy place
L. F. Sunlin was listed as proprietor of the Savoy Theatre on a list of Flint movie houses in the May 1, 1912, issue of The New York Clipper. An item in the January 6, 1934 issue of The Film Daily said that Sunlin Amusement Enterprises had reopened the Savoy Theatre in Flint.
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Hotel MORANDI ALLA CROCETTA - FLORENCE
Here in Via Laura, two historical figures of the Renaissance have left their mark: Lorenzo de'Medici and Sister Domenica of Paradise. Originally it was a country road crossing into some vegetable gardens, thus aptly called Via Verzura corrupted into Via Ventura. When Lorenzo de'Medici decided to build a residence, the name was changed to Via Laurenziana, then abbreviated to Via Laura.
Sister Domenica was the daughter of a farmer from Pian di Ripoli, south of Florence, who worked some lands belonging to the convent of St. Brigida al Paradiso. Having entered this same convent and taking the name of Sister Domenica del Paradiso, she developed a reputation for sanctity. This didn't stop her from giving her nuns a useful and practical occupation. She introduced the art of weaving gold and silver cloth with great economic success.
Even though she was a Domenican, she did not agree with Fra' Girolamo Savonarola whom she never quoted in her writings. This is why she earned the friendship of Savonarola's great antagonists, the Medici, who allowed her to buy a large piece of land to one side of Via Laura (where the present building stands) for a mere 190 Florins. In 1511 she began building a new convent, spending some 20.000 gold Florins. It wasn't by chance that it was made easy for a Domenican convent, loyal to the Medici, to be built only one block away from Savonarola's church, S.Marco.
Later on, Pope Clement VII, Lorenzo's nephew (his father, Giuliano de'Medici, was killed in the famous Pazzi conspiracy) was very generous to Sister Domenica of Paradise. She kept her old name in honour of her former convent though the new one was called the convent of the Crocetta after the small red cross that the nuns wore sewn on their habit. Even the street was called Via della Crocetta for a long period of time.
Along this same street, in 1502 canon Marco Strozzi founded another convent for six devout ladies: S. Maria degli Angeli, afterwards called S. Maria degli Angiolini, near the Palazzo of the Crocetta that later became the Archeological Museum.
On our side of the street, where the Hotel Morandi alla Crocetta now stands, the convent of the Crocetta had its gardens and cloisters. On this site, Sister Domenica of Paradise had a vision of Jesus commemorated by a XVI century tabernacle built to the rear, on Via Giusti. In the hotel Morandi alla Crocetta, one can admire XVII century frescoes depicting scenes of the life of the blessed Domenica of Paradise.
The convent was then enlarged by the devout princess Maria Maddalena de'Medici, daughter of Grand Duke Ferdinand I. She lived in her Palazzo of the Crocetta, built in 1619, and, in order to visit the nuns more conveniently, she had an overpass built across the street, which can still be seen in Via Laura. The same princess engaged the architect Luigi Orlandi in 1757 to redecorate and modernise the church which contained the remains of the, by now, Blessed Domenica of Paradise.
At the turn of the century, during the suppression of monasteries, the Convent of the Crocetta was requisitioned and after various wanderings, the nuns settled in Via Aretina, transferring the remains of Blessed Domenica of Paradise. The church was partly demolished and embodied in the building where the school of law of the University of Florence stands, having formerly housed the general archives of finances when Florence was the capital of Italy. During the same period, as capital of Italy, in order to satisfy the immediate need for housing for the State employees, the cloisters and convent were walled up to create new lodgings. The convent of S. Maria degli Angeli was transformed into a Conservatory by the Lorain Grandukes who later built the further overpass.
At number 48 is the modern entrance of the above mentioned university where the church of the Crocetta used to stand. From number 50 to number 60 are the XIX century facades which cover the cloisters and gardens of the old convent. At number 64, where a XIX century door opens to the present archives of Real Estate registers, was the location of the famous school of acting founded and directed by the actor and theatre historian Luigi Rasi. Marino Moretti, a student of that school, having become a poet and narrator, wrote about it in a book called "Via Laura". Also his friend and writer Aldo Palazzeschi has set one of his "Novels" dedicated to "Sora Cecchina" in Via Laura. The writer Vasco Pratolini placed the final scene of his Novel "Il quartiere", with the reconciliation of the two main characters Valerio and Marina, at the corner with Borgo Pinti. Their son will then be called Lorenzo.
In the house at number 56 the famous Florentine short story writer Bruno Cicognani lived and died. He wrote about Via Laura in his "Viaggio nella vita".
The long wall across the streets hides the archaeological museum gardens with its Etruscan tombs and Roman columns, where Gabriele D'annunzio places his "sentimental" initiation (Faville del Maglio).
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15. Re: Administration UIGabriel Cardoso Apr 30, 2012 10:06 AM (in response to Julien Viet)
Good to know that I was clearer now.
You are right, the current work is proposal for the Admin taking in account only the current features with the current permission settings. However, aside the concept of a centralized admin, I worked on some usability problems. Please ignore 2, now I understand that we want to change it a lot.
I agree that RedHat and eXo should discuss this together . To avoid losing the work I did, I'm attaching some other screens. So we can come back to them in the future.
1) Initial admin's screen after login.
2) Portal management, following Stévan's advice to not allow users to delete the portal from the dropdown.
3) Page to Add a Portal (instead of a pop up). Better to recognize the required files and to avoid errors. Advanced options (session / info bar) come predefined and minimized. After creating a Portal, the user is redirected to screen 1.
4) Pop up Edit Permissions. I maked more clear that user needs to select a group then a membership. He also needs to click Select to finish the operation (user control and error prevention).
I hope the work has not been useless and wait for an opportunity to discuss this with you and Stévan out of the Forum.
16. Re: Administration UIThomas Heute May 2, 2012 2:22 AM (in response to Gabriel Cardoso)
It's all contributors and users that are concerned by such changes, the discussion is happening and need to happen here (not out of the forum)
17. Re: Administration UIJulien Viet May 2, 2012 5:48 AM (in response to Thomas Heute)
I haven't said discussion should not happen here : This thread is about how it will look like and how it will be interacted with.
I suggested that both parties meet (under some undertemined form) to discuss higher level view of things, here is an example : "eXo wants to have content available in composer and mini composer", this is part of the product roadmap, this will influence the admin UI (portal or centralized). Here is another example "RHT is adding a feature for mobile, those features will be configurable from the centralized admin".
Without those side discusssions, I'm affraid this thread will not give the best outcome.
18. Re: Administration UIChris Laprun May 3, 2012 10:46 AM (in response to Stévan Le Meur)
Hi Stévan, I agree with many of your points, however, I disagree with putting the buttons on the right side. Putting them on the right side make them less obvious but, more importantly, it also make them move around depending on the width of the browser window (unless we fix the width of the UI, of course). If we put them close to the left column, then we can assume that they will always be at the same spot, building muscle memory, instead of moving around.
19. Re: Administration UIChris Laprun May 3, 2012 11:29 AM (in response to Gabriel Cardoso)
My biggest issue with the current proposal is that it mixes levels of informations. Some parts of the UI are modal while other are not and it's not obvious to the user which is which. More precisely, I think the left menu should be more tree-structured than it currently is and the portal dropdown should be removed: all portals should be listed on the left at the same level and each portal node could be expanded to reveal the sub sections. Breadcrumbs at the top of the main panel would reinforce this context as well. This way things would be more consistent as this also allows for sections to have subsections (as would be needed for WSRP, for example).
So the left menu would look something as follows:
- Portals
- Classic
- Redirects
- Layout
- Pages & Navigation
- Second Portal
- Classic
- Applications
- Users & Groups
- Consumers
- selfv1
- selfv2
- Producer
- Consumers
- ...
In that case, clicking on the portal name would display the configuration screen as in 1), clicking on Portals would show 2).
I also believe that adding a portal should show the configuration screen directly instead of having an intermediate screen that basically duplicates the functionality for no real good reason.
- Portals
20. Re: Administration UIGabriel Cardoso May 3, 2012 2:38 PM (in response to Chris Laprun)
Good points, Chris.
I believe it is not necessary to be obvious to the user which link is a page or which is a modal. That happens all the time in many sites and apps and it's OK. My point is to use modals properly (when is better for the user to keep on the current page). So if we replace some modals by pages would be good to the UX.
Are this "more tree-structured menu" something like Windows explorer? The approach of the portals listed on the left would only be appropriate if the admin wants to manage multiple pages of multiple portals at a time. It would be useful if he wanted to configure one page of one portal (e.g. Redirects of Classic) then another our the same page of other portal (e.g. Portal's Configs or Redirects of Second Portal). Then he would gain speed with the tree navigation. I am not sure if that is the most common case. If not, the concept of managing an unique Portal per time is better, so we don't need to add complexity to the left sidebar by putting more links and trees.
In my point of view your solution would bring complexity to the navigation and informational load with three levels. So if managing multiple pages of multiple portals are an exception I would stay with some proposal that keep the option to manage one portal per time.
About the page "Add Portal", it cannot be the same as Portal's Configs because of context. The Admin should not see the sidebar during the page creation (to focus on the task). They are also different because is necessary to choose the template during the creation.
21. Re: Administration UIChris Laprun May 3, 2012 4:13 PM (in response to Gabriel Cardoso)
There would only ever one portal "node" expanded at any given time, and only when a portal is being looked at. Same for the other nodes (for example, for WSRP, the consumers would only be shown if the user clicked on Consumers). For that matter, the portals list or the WSRP subsections or the subsections of any section would only be displayed if a user selected it to expand it.
Also, the main panel wouldn't change from what you're proposing: you would only see the details of one portal or one consumer, it wouldn't be possible to see several portals at once so I don't quite understand your comment on managing "multiple pages of multiple portals". The left menu would be single-selection only, the main panel only showing the details of what is being selected.
I also don't agree that my solution would make things more complex since I think the behavior of the selection would be consistent for all elements in the menu. In your proposal, you sometimes have to select from the dropdown, sometimes from the left menu… Also, the levels of information are different and your solution doesn't reflect very well the fact that some left menu items only apply to a given portal while other are portal-independent. Showing hierarchy using a tree-like menu reinforces the contextual nature of information for users thus making the associated mental model more visible.
Finally, for me, anything that can be configured on the Add portal page should also be configurable on already created portals so I don't see why we would need a different page for it. Having similar pages for somewhat related tasks would only confuse users, in my opinion. It would also be a maintenance burden on developers but that's a secondary consideration for the moment.
22. Re: Administration UIStévan Le Meur May 3, 2012 5:54 PM (in response to Chris Laprun)
Hi Chris,
Your first point is about "Save/Close" buttons, putting them on the right is simply a choice. And probably it depends more on if you are familiar with a Mac or a Microsoft environment. I hope, the consideration of putting them on the right or on the left will have no impacts on GateIn performances... But here, my most important concern is to make the choice consistent everywhere in our products.
About the sidebar, and the "tree-navigation model", I think here there is a something that must be clearer for users :
- Settings/Configuration relative to one portal
- Settings relative to all portals
I'm agree with you, the mix of them in current mockup is quite complex to understand for users.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the idea you explained is more using "accordeon list" instead of "tree-navigation model" ? where one "node" is expandable at a time ?
In that case, I think we should take care about having subsections also working on this way. Simply because it will create three depth levels like you mentionned here :
- Portals
- Classic Portal
- Redirects
- Layout
- Pages & Navigation
- Second Portal
- Classic Portal
- Applications
- Users & Groups
- Consumers
- selfv1
- selfv2
- Producer
- Consumers
- ...
I would prefer :
- Classic Portal
- Redirects
- Layout
- Pages & Navigation
- Second Portal
- Redirects
- Layout
- Pages & Navigation
- ...
- Applications
- Users & Groups
- Consumers
- Producer
- ...
(of course, with only one subsection expanded at a time)
An other solution can be in the dropdown of Portal selection, we should have :
- All Portals
- Classic Portal
- Second Portal
In this case, links will redirect to dedicated parts of settings.
What do you think ? Hope that helps !
23. Re: Administration UIChris Laprun May 4, 2012 4:54 AM (in response to Stévan Le Meur)
For the Save/Cancel button, there is value in always having them at the same spot. Like I said, I believe having them on the left make them stationary with respect to window width thus allowing users to build muscle memory. However, as you point out, there is also value in having buttons located in the same spot across apps. I would argue, though, that since we are working on improving the UI for GateIn, we should focus on improving it regardless of what exists in other applications and focus on making it the best user experience we can. The decisions we make for GateIn should then trickle down to other products built on top of it. This is more work but this is also the right way to do it, in my opinion. Plus, I would think that upstream apps would want to match the visual style provided in the core portal.
I would also argue that the button labels should be more explicit than just Save/Cancel and reflect the exact action that will happen when it's not as clear cut what will happen when pressing a button.
Finally, I don't see what the big issue is with having 3 levels. Users will only see the level they are interested in if there's only one section expanded at a time. Also, in your proposed solution, you would need a special case to handle operations that apply to portals (such as adding / removing a portal), which is nicely handled (with the hierarchical model visual indication) in my solution. The point of showing all portals in the left menu is to remove the awkward need to have a dropdown to select portals and use a single UI element to accomplish all actions using a consistent interaction model. This encourages learnability (a single interaction model is more easily acquired (and documented!) than having different modes of interaction) and helps with discoverability since users will only need to worry about one menu on the left and the main panel for all their administrative tasks (instead of having to sometimes go to the top bar, sometimes to the left one). I believe that the top bar should used as little as possible and only for tasks that are unrelated to administrative tasks (in the context of the admin GUI, of course). For that matter, I also believe that go to the default portal, change skin, change language and login/logout should be the only available operations in the top bar. Everything else should be solely focused on administrative tasks and should be chosen from the left bar.
24. Re: Administration UIStévan Le Meur May 4, 2012 9:47 AM (in response to Chris Laprun)
I would like to synthesize a little what we said.
About the sidebar on the left. I think we can use only this bar as a way to navigate through different administration portlets. So my first concern is about actions in the topbar, that I finally feel them unnecessary with a sidebar like the concept explained by Chris. The reason is that it's easier to have all navigation elements on the left sidebar, to let the server administrator be able to clearly identify where are all entry points.
My second concern is about the contextual selection of a site to be able to add a page in it. I think we should not display this feature as a key one from this "Administration Part" as adding a new page is probably a feature more oriented to "content publishers" and not "administrator of a server". It should still be able, but not from the top bar.
That's why I think we can remove all stuff from the topbar.
Finally, here is the result of my proposal :
There is headers to separate "Site Management" and "Server Management" parts.
To manage the case where a server is managing a lot of sites, an user can scroll into the "Site Management" part or use the search, to directly filters all sites.
I put a small indicator, to let the user know which Site is "expanded" and which ones are "collapse"... It must follow behaviors of an "accordeon".
Tell me if it fits with what you've got in mind.
The second point, is about making the creation of a new Site easier. For that, the idea is to provide a wizard to drive the administrator into various step of a Site Creation. This gives us the opportunity to describe the concepts that are ours (like what is a Portal, what is a Space ?), but that must be understood by an administrator.
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25. Re: Administration UIChris Laprun May 4, 2012 2:00 PM (in response to Stévan Le Meur)
Seems good to me. I still think there is value in having a screen showing all the portals, especially if there are many of them. Good catch on the search/filtering box, by the way. We will probably need to have some internal scrolling pane for the portal names if there are many of them in the Site management section. Something like the iOS scroll bar with the alphabet being overlaid for rapid & rather precise scrolling would be quite nice to implement (albeit, I'm not sure how easy it would be to develop such a component with only web techs). Further refinement could include only highlighting/showing letters that actually have portals associated with them.
I also don't think there is an issue with having more than two levels on the left side (and probably what I will end up doing for WSRP).
One thing that is missing, though, is that we need a delete button somewhere for portal or pages or anything that can be deleted. We could have a delete icon appearing when you hover over a portal name but that might be tricky to implement right (what if the portal name is long, the hit target shouldn't be too small but it also shouldn't be too big so that people don't click on it by mistake, etc) and is kind of bad for discovery.
Otherwise, +1 on the wizard part of things, unless there aren't that many details that *need* to be decided when a portal is created. Wizard should only be used when there are rather different options to be chosen and when all the steps are necessary and make sense. Nothing is more annoying than a wizard that asks you lots of questions you don't really care about. So the information level to be presented there needs to be properly thought out.
Finally, I don't think we would have a More button, new modules would just be added there. Possibly, we could let users decide which administration modules they would like to see. Similarly, maybe we could also allow them to temporarily add some portals they're not interested in but I'm getting into a too low level of details so I'd better stop…
26. Re: Administration UIGabriel Cardoso May 4, 2012 4:20 PM (in response to Chris Laprun)
Nice collaboration Chris / Stévan. I think we have a proposal that follow Chris' idea and avoid three levels of navigation at the sidebar
I noticed that with the redesign some functionality is missing, like the possibility to view a Portal, edit the current page and quickly add a page. So I suggest some changes at the top bar (see below) to make it consistent when the Admin/Publisher are both in the Admin area and in the Site. In the admin area he would see Administration (as the active link), View Portals (with the list of portals in the drop down) and the buttons Edit Page + Add Page. In the Site, he would see a link to Administration, "Classic Portal" (with a drop down to go to another portal) and also the buttons Edit Page + Add Page (the detail is that the addition here does not need to ask for which portal).
The headings at the sidebar worked well! According Chris' suggestion to keep a page to see all the portals, I suggest a link like "Manage" or "More" near to "Site Management".
I'm not sure if we need a Site Search. That would be probably useful for more than 7 sites. So maybe we could show the Search field only when the user has many sites. Otherwise is useless and a noise in the interface.
A bad point is that if we have many sites the sidebar starts to be too crowded. We could avoid the scroll at the sidebar (which is not good since we already have a page scroll) and present initially the last three modified sites with a button show more that expands the list. This would reduce the noise at first without removing user's control. Obviously this link only appears in case of more than 3 Portals.
For the actions to add and remove a portal, I propose two buttons more integrated to the box "Site Management". When no site is selected the button delete appears disabled.
I also tried to isolate more the different groups. So that's my proposal for these topics:
I like the idea of the wizard. This makes sense with the site type choose (which I have not noticed before).
I agree with Stevan's idea to keep only two levels at the sidebar. If we need a third level, we can use the page's area and work with some tabs or another solution.
27. Re: Administration UIChris Laprun May 7, 2012 5:54 AM (in response to Gabriel Cardoso)
I think the top bar should be as empty as possible to limit the distractions. I don't think that the admin portal should be treated just as any other portal that you can edit… It's still my opinion that everything should be doable from the left bar and not dilute the attention across several UI elements.
Overall, I'm concerned that with the insistence on keeping hierarchy levels to only 2 on the left side, we're starting to make the UI more and more complex for not real good reason (i.e. why is having 3 levels so much worse than just 2), when it would allow us to reinforce the context aspects of the navigation and allow a more natural to add screens to manage groups of elements (which, in the current design, is very contrived). Instead of making management of all elements such as portals or WSRP consumers second-class elements, it would give them their rightful place and also allow us to properly host add and remove operations without having to resort to artificial manipulations such as hiding / showing elements based on context.
Also, while we should think of a way to handle lots of portals, we should optimize the UI for the simple cases where there won't be that many portals to deal with.
28. Re: Administration UIGabriel Cardoso May 9, 2012 4:48 PM (in response to Chris Laprun)
I don't think the top bar is distractive the way it is right now (did you see the HTML?). It offers the global navigation (admin or view portals) and only a discrete shortcut to add a page (that will remain in the portal page). That's good for consistency between the areas.
Ken also thinks that the Admin Pages should not be editable. So seems to make sense to remove that button.
I don't see Stévan's proposal as more complex than yours. Actually we are offering the list of Portals at first without the necessity of clicking "Portals". I see this as a good strategy since the admin will manage Portals and Server Administration, so why to make him click once more? Also, this proposal reinforce the context of the navigation even more with the headings.
The link to show more Portals tents to be an exception (correct me if I'm wrong) so the UI is optimized for simple cases (one or two portals) since they are displayed at first. That is my vision so I propose that we test the proposal with some users. This will make clear if it is easy to use or not and stop with the battle of guesses.
29. Re: Administration UIAntoine Herzog May 29, 2012 10:33 AM (in response to Gabriel Cardoso)
Interesting things.
here some suggestions, related to some point of view (Julien's role mixing warning, etc...)
For the roles : what about the role of "designer and prototype building role" ?
On all (100%) projects I have been working on, the way to use the UI is for design and prototyping, but never for admnistration.
Or at least; the UI is used for looking at things done with the xml/war config (during dev).
When the UI is used for prototyping... it is usefull to go work with the marketing and communication departement, and the business teams involved in the portal.
The portal UI is then a good tool to build quickly the pages, and show thing to these people.
It allow to modify things even during the workshop, "on the fly" with the people around the screen.
The design and the prototyping of the portal is done with "near to real" pages.
This is very convenient and nice for designing the portal.
Then, when this is quite settled, the building of the portal is done by the dev, with the xlm and J2EE War artifacts, following the specifications.
The specifications rely heavily on the prototype.
So, as far as I use and help companies use the portal, this role is important.
It is even less than the "Tech Admin" role, as the prototype does not care about management of the caches etc...
Product definition.
Behind the UI reshape, it looks like there is a need to settle the product vision and definition.
It would be interesting, IMO, to define more clearly the use of the product : for the administrator, for the content and publication manager, for the developer and for the prod administrator.
Then to define the "types of portals, types of uses" of the product.
And at last, for each role, which "facet" (or set of features) of the product is used.
"types of portals, types of uses" of the product :
Are the GateIn/Exo/EPP products made for building quickly some web site ?
Are they platforms for quite heavy web portals, with strong and reliable development cycle (based on J2EE) ?
those two are very different needs, ... with different types of organisation/users that adopt the product.
IMO, for "building quickly some web site", why take some J2EE portal, with the RedHat (or Exo) heavy plateform... when there are so many lightweight and more fitted tools/CMS/small frameworks (with php, ruby, scala, etc...) ?
Trying to have a product that do everything is the best way to provide a product that does not fit any user need.
Prototyping, WCM and content management, Tech Administration of heavy plateforme might need different product, specialized to provide the proper tool for each role/needs.
The packaging of the webapps, with yet separation of the admin, the portal core, etc... would allow to build quite easily those products :
- "Easy Web Site" product, for building quickly some web sites
- "Design and prototyping" product (related to JBoss Tools ?), for big projects
- "Portal platform" product, for big projects, with heavy administration feature
Those are only some samples...
IMO, it is worth thinking this over, with the UI reshaped...
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- "In Triangle" by artist Michelle Peterson Albandoz. Michelle owns Las Manos Gallery in Chicago, where her reclaimed wood work is frequently on display; she is also a featured artist at Long View Gallery in Washington, DC.
- "3 Stripes" by industrial artist Eric Johnston.
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Why are there so many people that say Horde is better than Alliance? Almost any website concerning WoW that I happen to go to usually has several people who say Horde is better. Even a guy who has his own question and answer show (I forget the name of the site) says Horde is better.
Is it because Horde has better looking toons? Or maybe people in general secretly want to be bad guys (not saying Horde is bad) and most of the best players of a typical realm make Horde toons?
I thought the skills and abilities of Horde and Alliance were the same for each class. What other reasons are there that people prefer Horde over Alliance?
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Pawlenty suggests 9 percent budget hike
ST. PAUL - Gov. Tim Pawlenty suggests increasing Minnesota's two-year budget 9.3 percent, to $34.5 billion, while cutting local property taxes.
As always, education gets the biggest dollar amount of his budget proposal, but veterans and military programs would see the biggest percentage increase, topping 50 percent. Health and human services programs would increase nearly 16 percent in one of the other biggest spending areas.
The governor already had announced most proposals he included in the budget that he released this morning. However, he unveiled a property tax relief proposal that would lower the tax $150 million over the two years.
As part of the property tax cuts, he would impose a limit on about 60 cities as to how much they can raises taxes. It was not immediately clear how many cities would be capped, although Duluth would be one. Even with the cap, cities would be allowed to increase property taxes at the inflation rate as well as to handle population growth.
The veterans spending increase came in a $75 million proposal that would give tax breaks to veterans and active-duty military personnel.
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Episodes 9-12 of the urban horror anime set in modern day New York. An odd string of suicides surrounds a private institution on Roosevelt Island. On the night a classmate dies, Kate, Rachel, Rose and Claire wake with no memories of the evenings' events. The next night, the four girls are drawn together by mysterious red butterflies only they can see. Converging at Central Park, the girls are approached by a strange woman who tells them they are dead. Now, the four girls must work together to learn the secrets of their death - and the means to return to their previous life.


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A vibrant special with full length performances from Louis Prima's storied career covering the years 1937 to 1971. Prima, on trumpet and vocals, is joined by singers Keely Smith and Gia Maione. Made in partnership with Historic Music and Gia Prima, the program features songs such as "Loch Lomand", "I'll Be Seeing You", "That Old Black Magic", "Flip Flop Fly", as well as "Just A Gigolo/I Don't Got Nobody" and a 1964 performance of his legendary swing music anthem "Sing! Sing! Sing!"
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Research Notes & Special Studies by the Historian's Office
Research Note #10:
|Following the August, 1935 passage of the
Social Security Act, the new Social Security Board faced huge administrative
challenges as it had to create a large organization from scratch.
Throughout the waning months of 1935 and into early 1936 much of the
planning was done for the new organization. Budget estimates were
especially difficult because no organization existed in the federal
government performing the tasks the Board would be required to undertake,
and so past experience could not be used as the basis for the estimates,
and because many provisions of the Act involved federal financial
support of optional State programs, and it was impossible predict
which States would create corresponding State programs.
Budget matters were further complicated by the fact that Senator Huey Long (D-LA) had filibustered the Administration's final appropriation bill at the end of the Congressional session in August 1935, causing Congress to adjourn without appropriating any money to implement the Social Security Act. In fact, to even get started at all, the Social Security Board had to borrow money from the budget of the Works Progress Administration. Indeed, budgetary matters were so severe that the three executives comprising the Social Security Board (John Winant, Arthur Altmeyer and Vincent Miles) all had been on the job since September or October of 1935 and were not paid for the first time until February 1936!
As soon as the new session of Congress was convened, the Administration submitted its appropriation request for the Board for the remainder of fiscal year 1936 and for the coming fiscal year 1937. (The government's fiscal year in that era ran from July 1st to June 30th. Fiscal year 1937 thus would begin on July 1, 1936.) In August 1935 the three members of the Board had submitted an initial budget (the one Huey Long had blocked) based essentially on nothing but guesswork since they didn't even have a staff at that point, and they had no opportunity for any planning prior to submitting that first request.
On January 9, 1936 the House Appropriations Committee, chaired by Congressman James P. Buchanan (D-TX), conducted hearings on the Board's new budget request. One month later, on February 9th, the Congress finally passed a basic budget for the Social Security Board for the remainder of 1936, with the understanding that the Board could submit a later supplemental request if it deemed it necessary. The fiscal year 1937 budget submission was also due. So on April 23, 1936 the Board again went before the House Appropriations Committee to defend its budget request for the remainder of 1936 and all of 1937. During the hearings there was sharp questioning of the Board's estimates by several members of the Committee, including Chairman Buchanan. The Board admitted to a great deal of uncertainty in its estimates, and even suggested cutting in half its estimate for administrative expenses for the three remaining months of fiscal 1936.
By the first of May no action had been taken by the Committee and Board Chairman John Winant called on Committee Chairman Buchanan to see if he could expedite matters. During his meeting with Buchanan, Winant learned to his shock that the Committee was planning major cuts in the Board's budget request. Buchanan told Winant to expect a cut of at least 25% in the Board's fiscal 1937 administrative budget, among other reductions. Winant tried to persuade the Chairman that such a cut would be unbearable; he even tried to bargain for a 20% reduction, but Buchanan was non-committal.
Toward the end of the meeting Buchanan raised the issue of the placement of the Board's 12 Regional Offices. Chairman Buchanan informed Winant that he wanted one of the Regional Offices to be placed in the Chairman's hometown of Austin, Texas. The Congressman made it clear that if Winant wanted his help on the Board's budget request, that this was the quid pro quo he had in mind. This presented a problem for Winant since the Board had already selected San Antonio, Texas as the site of the Regional Office for the southwest, and had already made a hiring commitment to the individual who would be serving as the Regional Director. Even so, Winant felt he had to agree to the Chairman's terms and so he pledged to move the Regional Office to Austin.
After returning to his office, Winant began to have second thoughts and realizations about the administrative difficulties this commitment would cause. As he was sailing for Europe in two days on a tour of European social insurance systems, he dropped the matter on the desk of the Board's Executive Director, Frank Bane, with the request that Bane see if there was anything he could do to repair the damage. Bane, a consummate diplomat, explored with Chairman Buchanan whether some accommodation could be worked out. The deal finally agreed to was that Buchanan would drop his insistence that a Regional Office be located in Austin in exchange for the placement of the first field office in Austin. And so, the first Social Security District Office was opened in Austin, Texas on October 14, 1936.
(When the fiscal 1937 budget was finally passed in June 1936, the appropriation for the Board's administrative budget had been reduced by slightly less than 20%.)


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This page provides "source of the source" information for assistance with the lifecycle of a Cisco Unified Communications Virtualization solution, including "UC on UCS".
Design Information
UC Applications
UC application design is largely the same as on MCS 7800 and uses the same design guides. The main change with virtualization is how to interpret the design output of "Server" count and size.
- With non-virtualized designs the "Server" is an MCS 7800 or software-only equivalent. One physical server runs only one application instance.
- With virtualized designs the "Server" is a Virtual Machine in "OVA" format. One physical server runs multiple application instances.
Virtualization Design
After designing the UC application itself, for each "Server" required, you must select an appropriate virtual machine template in OVA format.
Then you must determine what physical servers/storage you need taking into account:
- VMware requirements
- Application support
- Co-residency support, server selection, redundancy, and storage design
- Supported server/storage configurations - summary here, full details here.
Purchasing Information
Cisco UCS servers may be purchased either as a single Cisco Collaboration SKU or a set of Cisco Data Center SKUs. See UCS page at http://www.cisco.com/go/swonly for details.
- Cisco field and channel partners may also consult the "UC on UCS" chapter of the User Connect Licensing Ordering Guide.
Required VMware may be purchased either as a single Cisco Collaboration SKU, a set of Cisco Data Center SKUs or from VMware or other 3rd-party (including leveraging an existing customer site license or enteprise license). For details, see VMware Requirements link.
- Cisco field and channel partners may also consult the "UC on UCS" chapter of the User Connect Licensing Ordering Guide.
There is no change to how UC applications are purchased. User Connect Licensing, Unified Workspace Licensing and UC Software Subscription are all the same for both virtualized (UC on UCS) and non-virtualized (MCS 7800) deployments.
Fulfillment of Software Licenses, Software Media and Server/Storage Hardware
UC app media are obtained at Product Upgrade Tool for both virtualized (UC on UCS) and non-virtualized (MCS 7800) deployments.
UC app licenses are obtained at http://www.cisco.com/go/license for both virtualized (UC on UCS) and non-virtualized (MCS 7800) deployments. Each Virtual Machine running a UC app requires licensing.
- Note that non-virtualized (MCS 7800) deployments require submission of a Product Authorization Key (PAK) derived from the MCS 7800 physical MAC address.
- Note that virtualized (UC on UCS) deployments require submission of a Product Authorization Key (PAK) derived from a "licensing MAC". For CUCM, you can generate a "licensing MAC" at http://www.cisco.com/web/cuc_afg/index.html.
Majority of UC app documents are posted online to http://www.cisco.com.
If VMware is purchased from Cisco, the only that is shipped is a paper licensing agreement containing a Product Activation Code (PAC) and a VMware.com link with instructions on how to submit the PAC and receive a VMware license file. All VMware media and docs are posted online at VMware.com - these are not physicall shipped.
Server shipments are managed the same for both UCS and MCS 7800 servers.
The Answer File Generator utility creates answer files for unattended Cisco Unified Communications installations. If your primary node will be installed on a virtual machine, this utility will also generate a virtual License MAC to be used when you request licenses.
Virtualized deployments (UC on UCS) are not an appliance, and the user experience for management and serviceability are slightly different.
- Each solution component (server/storage, VMware, UC app) has its own set of management layers and tools. For management tasks that involve native hardware, all three will need to be touched. For tasks that only involve the UC app and do not involve native hardware, existing UC app tools and interfaces suffice.
- For UC on UCS, certain kinds of hardware alerts are only available via CIM format - see Supported Hardware link for more details.


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Concerts, musical night life light up Culver's summer
Culver's town park is always a busy place during the summer months, but this year a lively roster of live entertainment is on the docket, according to park activities director Donna McKee.
"I am so excited about the wide range and genres of entertainment," she says, referring particularly to the outdoor concert series whose schedule was recently released. "We've got people coming from Ohio, Chicago, Iowa, Indianapolis, Goshen as well as local talent from Culver and North Judson."
Following is the current schdule of summer performances; the Culver Citizen will run regular updates as shows are pending.
Fri., May 31, 8 p.m.: Acoustically Speaking (80s, 90s, now)
Sat., June 8, 7 p.m.: Steve Foresman (rock, folk, classic, country, R&B)
Wed., June 12, 10 a.m.: Silly Safaris (children's wild animal show)
Sat., June 22 (time to be determined): Movie in the park: "The Lorax"
Sat., June 29, 7 p.m.: Jerry Armstrong (Elvis, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra impersonator)
Sun., July 7, 3 p.m.: J.C. Company and Band (bluegrass, country)
Sat., July 13, 7 p.m.: SL4 Band (60's, Chicago, Eagles, Jimmy Buffet, Doobie Brothers)
Sun., July 14, 3 p.m.: Beth Pare' (harp)
Sat., Aug 3, 7 p.m.: Ice Cream Social featuring Brett Wiscons (adult contemporary)
Fri., Aug 9, 8 p.m.: Goldmine Pickers (Americana, bluegrass, folk, Irish)
Sat., Aug 17, 7 p.m.: Playne Jayne (country, pop)
Sun., Aug 18, 3 p.m.: Brett Wiscons (adult contemporary)
Sat., Aug 24, 7 p.m.: Sock Hop featuring American Pie (50's and 60's, country)
Sun., Sept 8, 3 p.m.: J.C. Company and Band (bluegrass, country)
Mark Damore Jr. wants to say "thank you" to the Culver community, and part of that appreciation he hopes to express by way of enhancing Culver's night life .
"I was initially told that live music wasn't worth it," says the owner of the Lakehouse Grille at 620 E. Lake Shore Drive, "but I dabbled in it and my perception is, it's absolutely worth it. We might not have seen an uptake in sales, but we see many of the same and then some new faces.
"Everything comes and goes in waves, but I really believe Culver needs, respects, and deserves consistency."
Towards that end, Damore has set aside a "big" budget for weekly live entertainment at the former Edgewater Grille he revamped and relaunched one year ago.
He adds that Culver's citizens and visitors "need a place to meet and have a good time," though he emphasizes he plans to keep it classy and controlled.
"We're not trying to dirty this place up. We have not had any problems; we police it...to me it's neat that you can maintain a classy atmosphere but still have a great time. Anybody can play loud music and make a mess and sell dollar beers. I want to attract the right crowd."
However, he emphasized everyone's welcome regardless of looks, income, or background.
"Every person is welcome. However, there is a certain expectation of behavior at the Lakehouse."
He also points out he's realigning the location and logistics of live bands to "control noise concerns" at the restaurant and bar.
The Lakehouse Grille, which encompasses the old Lakeview Tavern, will celebrate its one year anniversary with a special event Saturday, May 11, when CCHS grad Kevin McDaniel will play live in the bar (his specialty is oldies) from 8:30 p.m. to midnight, after which DJ Tim will play in the dining room. Food and drink specials will accompany Lakehouse "swag" giveaways.
Additionally, the Lakehouse will begin to offer lunch six days per week, starting this week and through Labor Day.
"That's another form of saying 'thank you' to the Culver community and our patrons," he notes.
There will be major additions to the menu, Damore explains, including the ORBD Burger, which allows him to partner with his father's popular local eatery, the Original Root Beer Stand (hence the ORBS). The burger is a Lakehouse double cheeseburger with the root beer stand's popular dog sauce.
"I am really trying to unify the three different aspects of Culver," Damore says. "The Academy, the lakers, and the locals. All three come here. Entertainment is one way to do that."
Information about that event and more can be found online at www.facebook.com/TheLakehouseGrille.
In addition to karaoke every other Friday (May 3, 11, 24, and 31; June 7 and 21; July 5 and 19; and Aug.. 2, 16, and 30), live performances this spring and summer at the Lakehouse typically start at 10 p.m. and are free of charge. They include:
April 27: Matt Miller (acoustic, 60s through 90s)
May 4: Joey Garcia (newer material, acoustic with bass)
May 11: One-year anniversary party with Kevin McDaniel, oldies and dancing
May 18: Moneyshot Band (classic rock)
May 25: Dirt Cheap (classic rock variety, but with an 80s emphasis)
June 1: Joey Garcia
June 8: Seldom Told (classic rock and 80s and 90s alternative with a strong female lead)
June 15: Stillshot ("One of Indiana's best cover bands." This event, the evening of Taste of Culver, will include a small cover charge)
June 22: Matt Miller
June 29: Sum of 3 (acoustic band with a "gifted" lead singer)
July 6: Seldom Told
July 13: Kevin McDaniel
July 20: Sum of 3
July 27 : Half Track (AC/DC style, up-tempo - there will be a cover charge that night)
Aug. 3: Dirt Cheap
Aug. 10: Money Shot
Aug. 24: Matt Miller
Aug. 31: Joey Garcia
Sept. 7: Kevin McDaniel


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Coach Scott Sanderson sensed it during Friday's workout. The players are still thinking about the last second 3-pointer by Jarvis Jones that sealed the Bisons fate in a 71-69 loss Thursday night against ETSU.
"We are trying to remove it, but it is still there," Sanderson said. "I could just sense it during practice.
"Every loss affects you. And some losses affect you more than others. But we have to get over it. If not, that shot could add into our possibly getting beat again. We can't let it keep us from focusing on what we need to do."
The Bisons, 9-9, 6-3 in the A-Sun, play Campbell Saturday afternoon at 3:15 at Allen Arena. Campbell, 11-6, 6-2 in the conference, has won five of its last seven games and is 2-2 on the road against A-Sun teams this season. However, the Camels are 2-6 at Allen Arena overall.
Ironically, it was a 3-point shot at the last second from the left corner by Campbell's Junard Hartley that sealed a 69-68 win over the Bisons at Allen Arena last season. It was Hartley's only field goal of the game.
Campbell is led by senior forward Jonathan Rodriguez with 18.6 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. Sophomore guard Lonnie Merthie, the A-Sun Freshman of the Year last season, averaged 10.2 points per game.
"After those two they have a lot of solid players who are very similar,' Sanderson said. "They are a very balanced team. Any one of their players can jump up and take over a game."
Sanderson sees many similarities between Campbell and ETSU, especially on defense.
The Bisons are led by junior center Adnan Hodzic with 21.1 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. Junior guard Josh Slater is averaging 15.3 points per game. Sophomore guard Jordan Burgason is scoring an average of 12.2 points per game.
The Bisons have lost two of their last three games, but Sanderson doesn't sense a lack of confidence among his players.
"The good teams are the ones that can turn it around after a difficult loss,' Sanderson said. "We didn't play well against Jacksonville and we lost. We came back against North Florida and played one of our better games on both ends of the floor.
"It is up to us as coaches to continue to talk about getting over the ETSU game. When we lost to Arizona we had five days to regroup. This time we have one day. We have to be ready to go against Campbell."
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The Round Rock ISD Board of Trustees unanimously called for a Bond Election to be held November 6, 2018, addressing critical growth and safety priorities across the District.
Bond projects will be grouped into one proposition totaling $508,435,000 and will result in no tax rate increase for Round Rock ISD property owners.
August 20, 2018 – Board calls for $508.4 million Bond Election in November 2018
Robertson Elementary - Bond 2018
Campus Projects
- Upgrade door hardware, keys, and locks as needed
- Playground improvements
- Replace existing electrical panels
- Sidewalk replacement
- Replace insulation on chill water lines
- Replace sewer lines
- Renovate cabinets/shelving
- Replace fire alarm system
- Power factor correction
- Computer Refresh – Student Laptop Cart Devices
- Computer Refresh – Campus and Staff Devices
- Classroom Interactive Flat Panels (Replace when existing projectors reach end of life)
- Cafeteria AV/Multimedia System Refresh
- Server/Storage Refresh
- UPS Refresh
- Technology Requests for Fine Arts
- WAN Fiber Refresh
- Access Control System
- Bus/Fleet Management System
- Campus Radios and Signal Repeaters
- Emergency Notification System
- Emergency Telephone/Intercom
- Intrusion Detection/Burglar Alarm System
- Portables Surveillance Cameras and Panic Buttons
- Staff and Student Badging System
- Two-Way Communication System
- Video Surveillance System
- Visitor Management System
Project costs are available for review on the Bond 2018 Project List
Feeder pattern projects
Robertson Elementary feeds into Hernandez Middle School and Stony Point High School.
Bond 2018 Projects
Bond 2018 project list by campus
Informational presentations
To request an informational presentation to be given to your neighborhood group please fill out the request form.
Presentations will begin in September and will continue until November 6, 2018.
What are bonds?
A bond is a debt instrument in which an investor loans money to the District. The proceeds from the bond are used to finance capital projects and other long term items. The District repays the principle of the bonds, along with interest, over a period of time. School districts can only sell bonds if authorization is received by voters.
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Canada is in the midst of a tall building boom. Twenty six buildings taller than 150 meters have been built in Canada since 2005, according to a new research study by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
Canada added four buildings taller than 200 meters in 2012, the most Canada has ever completed in a single year, the CTBUH study found. In contrast the United States completed two building over 200 meters in 2012.
The epicenter of Canadian tall building development is Toronto, where 15 buildings taller than 150 meters are under construction, more than any other city in the western hemisphere. Toronto is projected to have 44 buildings taller than 150 meters by 2015, up from 13 in 2005.
But Toronto is not alone. Vancouver and Calgary are also growing taller. By the end of 2015 the number of buildings in Canada taller than 150 meters is expected to increase to 74, up from 26 in 1995, according to the CTBUH study.
"Canada is reshaping its urban centers and tall buildings are playing a large role," said Dr. Antony Wood, Executive Director of the CTBUH. "Canada is at the forefront of discussions about density, transportation and urban sustainability."
The development in Canada also reflects a global shift in the fundamental role of tall buildings around the world. In 2001, 26 of the 27 buildings taller than 150 meters in Canada were office or hotel buildings; today 15 of the 17 buildings taller than 150 meters currently under construction are entirely or partially residential. Eight of the 9 buildings taller than 150 meters completed in Canada in 2012 featured a residential component.
All five of the towers taller than 200 meters under construction in Toronto are residential.
A similar shift can be found in cities around the world. In 1990, 89 of the 100 tallest buildings were offices; in 2012 only 41 of the 100 are offices and 53 have a residential component, according to data tracked by the CTBUH database, The Skyscraper Center.
Two Canadian buildings have won the CTBUH Best Tall Building Award for the Americas in recent years, Absolute Towers in Mississauga (2012) and Manitoba Hydro Place in Winnipeg (2009).
More noteworthy findings about tall building development in Canada:
• Toronto currently has 30 buildings over 150 meters; Calgary has the second highest number with 14.
• Toronto accounts for 51.8 percent of the tall buildings in Canada, but only 14.5 percent of the population.
• The latest additions to Canadian skylines include the 277-meter Trump International Hotel and Tower in Toronto and The Bow, a 237-meter tower in Calgary with a unique diagrid structural system.
The CTBUH study focused on the population of buildings taller than 150 meters in Canada's seven largest urban agglomerations. The raw data can be found on the Skyscraper Center.
Figure 1. Canada's seven tallest urban agglomerations. View Larger
Notes: 1. Data accurate as of 2012. 2. Data souce: The Skyscraper Center 3. Population data: Statistics Canada
Figure 3. Future Tallest Ten: 2015 View Larger
Tallest: 298 meters, Average: 256 meters
This article was originally featured in the CTBUH Journal 2012 Issue IV and is also available as a PDF download (Tall Buildings in Numbers article).
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Note: The focus on buildings over 150 meters in height is driven by the need to ensure accuracy of data, rather than suggesting that this is the threshold for a tall building.


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As input costs continue to escalate — especially for fertilizer and fuel — cotton producers are looking at all possibilities for maintaining yields while cutting expenses, and skip-row production might be an option for some.
In a recent paper, Auburn University Extension Specialists Dale Monks, Charles Burmester, Mike Patterson and Bob Goodman looked at some of the research comparing skip-row and conventional cotton, dating back to the 1960s.
Research on the utility of planting cotton in different row configurations has been well documented since the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1967, research from Georgia reported on the "skip-row" culture and how cotton responded.
In a study from 1959 through 1964, 2x2 skip-row cotton yielded higher when compared to solid-planted cotton on a planted-row acre basis — as compared to an area acreage basis. According to the research, bolls tended to be larger and fiber length longer in the skip-row cotton. But strength and micronaire were not affected when compared to the conventional row configurations.
Studies have continued through the years, say the Auburn specialists, in evaluating various row pattern systems.
Later research showed the potential benefits of skip-row cotton can include increased soil moisture and reduced stress during times of rain deficits, increased yield on a planted-row acre basis, enhanced fiber quality in some cases, increased air flow and light interception, and reduced input costs.
However, reducing the input costs by using skip-row patterns may not come without sacrificing yield on a land-acre basis. In Australian studies, the solid-row patterns yielded 18 percent higher than cotton planted in a 2x1 or 2x2 skip pattern in one year but was no different the following year when soil moisture was severely limited.
A Texas study conducted in 2005 evaluated the seeding rates in solid and a 2x1 skip-row planting in stripper-harvested cotton. In a low-yielding scenario where moisture was limited — Lamesa, Texas — the highest lint yields and net values per acre were realized in a 2x1 skip-row pattern with 40-inch row spacing.
There are many reports, say the Auburn specialists, where skip-row cotton yields were less than solid-planted cotton on similar row widths on a land-area basis. "The difference is that skip-row cotton will often yield higher on a planted-acre basis, but harvested land acres are the general comparison," according to the research review.
Two studies were conducted in two locations in Mississippi in 2002 and 2003 on a silt loam soil comparing row width — 15, 30 and 38 inches — and skip pattern — solid, 2x1 and 2x2. Cotton yield per land acre was higher for solid plantings compared to skip patterns in all cases.
The range of yield decrease ran from 17 percent to 22 percent on 30 and 38-inch spacing with a 2x1 skip. Other Mississippi research reported similar results when working with the cotton varieties DP 555 BGRR in 2003 and 2004.
They reported that plant spacing within the row — 3, 6 and 12 inches between plants — had no effect on seed cotton or lint yield. However, the lint yields for solid-planted compared to a 1x1 and 2x1 skip were 1,474, 1,318 and 1,383 pounds per land area acre, respectively. This represents a decrease of 11 percent and 6 percent for the 1x1 and 2x1 skip, respectively.
When considered from a different viewpoint, however, lint yields for skip-row cotton are generally higher on a planted acre (not land acre) basis when compared to solid planted cotton. Information from north Mississippi research indicated there was a 13 percent increase for a 2x1 skip-row pattern compared to solid plantings when planted acreage was considered.
"Again, do not confuse this with results from a land area acre where yields were higher for solid-planted cotton. Similar results have been found in Alabama studies conducted in 2000-2001 and 1989-1991.
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The Texas custody battle over frozen embryos is all but over.
You may recall the case of Roman v. Roman which got national attention earlier this year. On February 4, 2004 after a bitter divorce trial, Harris County (Houston) Judge Lisa Millard ruled that the embryos that a couple had frozen two years earlier should be awarded to the Nigerian born ex-wife who wanted to have them implanted and brought to term. The ex-husband, a serious minded man, did not want to be forced to create children with a woman whom he did not love. The wife, Augusta Roman claimed that because of her age, the embryos where her last chance to bear children. She promised the ex-husband, Randy Roman that if he accepted the ruling, she would not ask for child support and would agree to let Randy terminate his parental obligations. Randy was aghast at the thought. He said that the child support was not the issue and that if any children were born he would meet his obligation to support them and help raise them. It is not that he didn't ever want children, he just didn't want children with THIS woman.
So Randy filed an appeal to the Texas First District Court of Appeals in Houston. That court overruled the trial court because at the time the couple froze the embryos, they had each signed a form contract that clearly stated that in the event of the divorce of the couple, the frozen embryos would be destroyed. Augusta's claim that she didn't pay attention to what she was signing did not find any favor with the judges.
Augusta then filed an appeal with the Texas Supreme Court and at the urging of her attorney, Becky Reitz promptly went on a publicity circuit seeking to garnish public favor for her case. The softly speaking woman and her piercing attorney made an odd pair on the television, but they interviewed with any media outlet that would have them. Meanwhile, Randy Roman, a private man by disposition, refused to make a public spectacle of the tragic end of his marriage and instead let his low key attorney, Greg Enos pick a few select media outlets so his side would not be unheard. Gary Sacks, a father's right advocate, also voiced Randy's side with the media.
In the end, the Texas Supreme Court upheld the appeal court by refusing to hear the case. It may be that the publicity Augusta and her attorney rutted for actually backfired, and the judges thought it was politically expedient to refuse the case rather than deal with the volatile issues of a "right to life" case (which was how the case was presented in the ex-wife's brief).
Determine to see this through to the bitter end, Augusta and her attorney filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. After all the media ballyhoo, the Supreme Court has finally ruled. On March 17, 2008, it denied Augusta Roman's petition. In refusing to hear the case (which it is allowed to do), the U.S. Supreme Court has effectively affirmed the ruling of the Texas Supreme Court. The decision is final and there are no further appeals.
Technically, Augusta has until April 17, 2008 to file a Motion with the U.S. Supreme Cour to reconsider their decision. She may decide to do this, but the chances of the US Supreme Court suddenly changing its mind and deciding to hear the case are slim to none.
Therefore with no legal remedies left for Augusta Roman, Randy Roman has won this case once and for all. And what of the frozen embryos? Chances are they will linger in limbo for a while before the fertility clinic must finally do something with them. Their final fate is undecided except that they will never be implanted.
Although we may permit Randy the right to sigh with relief after this long and costly legal war, we must also offer our sympathy to Augusta who no doubt believed in her cause. Ultimately, as with most all cases that involve family law, there is no clear cut right and wrong. Practitioners in family law advocate for either side and hope that in the end justice is done- but sometimes, even though we fight with all our power to make sure both sides views are heard by the judges, privately even we can't be sure of the best outcome. The only certainty in this field is that these cases always involve tragedy and sadness. We just have to hope that justice was done and both parties can begin to heal and move on to a better life.


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Papiss Demba Cisse scored yet another late winner to increase his hero status at St James' Park and improve on a forgettable season in front of goal.
Cisse has scored just 12 goals in all competitions this season and failed to build on last years honeymoon period with the Magpies but described yesterdays goal to the Shields Gazette as his most important for the club.
The hero of the hour also went on to discuss his nak of getting late goals.
"It has happened again to me, and to score in the last minute again to help the team take three points is very important for the team. All the fans were happy and the players," he told the paper.
The Senegalese striker had been overshadowed by the goalscoring exploits of his ex-strike partner Demba Ba during the first half of the season and began to falter in front of goal after the departure of his fellow countryman.
With late winners at home to Anzhi Makhachkala, Stoke City and now Fulham, it seems Cisse is coming to life at the business end of the season once again and told the Newcastle Chronicle that his strike was for the fans.
"The goal was for our fans. It was very good to celebrate the goal for the fans. It was very, very important," he added.
The £9m signing from S.C. Freiburg of the Bundesliga scored some memorable goals after his January move to Newcastle last season notably the two wonder strikes at Stamford Bridge which at the time kept Champions League dreams alive.
It has been a tough season for Alan Pardew's side still only five points off the relegation zone and losing Ba halfway through the season meant goals would surely dwindle.
However in the last few weeks Cisse has earned six vital points in the league and scored his sides only two goals of the last 16 and quarter final rounds of the UEFA Europa League.
Cisse explained finally that wild celebrations like the one with the fans yesterday are extremely important to him.
"The fans were behind us for the whole game and they supported the team and myself. It can be difficult so when you score you should go to see the fans."


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David Laska: Minimum Need for a Minimum Wage Increase
During his State of the Union address, the president proposed raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour.
Like so many of his economic proposals – stimulus spending, healthcare for all, tax the rich – a minimum wage increase is great politics for Obama, but terrible policy for Americans.
The unintended consequence of employment reductions is very real, and felt most by those with the least amount of education and experience.
It's simple math: a higher minimum wage means a higher hiring cost for businesses, and a higher hiring cost means fewer jobs. The unintended consequence of employment reductions is very real, and felt most by those with the least amount of education and experience.
This means that the most vulnerable Americans are those hardest hit: young, lower-income minority workers on their first job.
Inexplicably, the Obama White House has claimed that "a range of economic studies show that modestly raising the minimum wage increases earnings and reduces poverty without measurably reducing employment."
But University of California at Irvine economist David Neumark has looked at more than 100 major academic studies on the minimum wage, and concluded that 85 percent of the studies "find a negative employment effect on low-skilled workers."
Indeed, economic studies dating back to the 1940s have warned that raising the minimum wage will cause job losses for the least experienced workers, a finding that has only been strengthened by our recent experience:
On May 24, 2007, Congress passed legislation to increase the federal minimum wage by nearly 42 percent, from $5.15 to $7.25. Then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi captured the general mood in Washington when she exclaimed, "millions of hardworking Americans will be getting a raise."
The public was also supportive, with polls showing broad approval of Congress' efforts to raise the minimum wage. And why not? Who doesn't like the sound of higher wages?
But three years after the passage of federal wage legislation, teen employment is suffering tremendously.
Since the minimum wage increase, employment for teens has fallen by 6.9 percent —even taking into account the effects of the recession. Over 114,000 fewer teens are employed today as a result of the federal wage increase.
The unemployment rate for 16- to 19-year-olds remains above 25 percent; for those ages 16 to 17, the unemployment rate is close to 30 percent.
For minority teens, it's nearly 40 percent.
For these young, lower-income minorities, a first job represents the first rung on the ladder to being a self-sufficient and contributing member of society.
Raising the minimum wage is bad for jobs and the economy generally, but for minority youths, it's an immoral disaster.
There is an alternative: a training wage or youth exemption that would allow young workers to opt-out of the new minimum wage in order to keep their jobs.
But for now, Obama has proposed nothing of the sort. Ironically, the minority youths that will be hurt the most by Obama's latest economic folly are among his most loyal supporters.
Obama easily won the youth vote nationally, 67 percent to Romney's 30 percent, with young voters proving the decisive difference in Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Now, Obama's left them out in the cold.


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A major revelation took place when Clint Bowyer finished second in the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings in 2012. He was considered phenomenal through 36 races, having collected three wins at Sonoma, Calif., Richmond and Charlotte for Toyota and Michael Waltrip Racing.
A major revelation took place when Clint Bowyer finished second in the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings in 2012. He was considered phenomenal through 36 races, having collected three wins at Sonoma, Calif., Richmond and Charlotte for Toyota and Michael Waltrip Racing.
The 2012 season was his first with MWR and many speculated time would be needed to get accustomed to his new team. Instead of steadily warming up to his new challenge after leaving Welcome's RCR Enterprises in late 2011, he came out of the gate ready to make his mark.
Bowyer often thinks back on 2012 but realizes there isn't much time to reflect. This week, his mind is on the 150-mile qualifying events Thursday at Daytona International Speedway and of course, the Daytona 500 scheduled for Sunday.
Most of the hype at the famed Florida track has been centered around Danica Patrick's pole position run. Bowyer can't start on the point but can aim for his first Daytona 500 win.
"We had a great year last year, but right now in 2013, the year doesn't mean anything," Bowyer says. "We've got to prove ourselves all over again and it's even harder this time. Nobody expected us to do that. We didn't have any pressure and we didn't have any expectations. We just went out and had fun and enjoyed every week and just naturally or effortlessly had success week in and week out."
The move from one team to another can be rather stressful, especially in the opening months of a racing season. There are new people to meet, Monday morning recap sessions to sit through, engineers to converse with about chassis set-ups, and most importantly, a new crew chief to test personalities with.
Bowyer smiles when he thinks back how well things came together and how competitive his cars were from day one. It's not always the case when new partnerships are formed.
"I had no idea what I was getting into," Bowyer said. "I had an idea of what it could be, but certainly to see all that play out the way it was presented and the way it was sold — the way it was supposed to work. It was like you wrote it on a piece of paper and held it up — these are the bullet points and this is what's going to happen and this is how it's going to happen so sit back and watch. That's exactly what happened."
This season, Bowyer seems to have picked up right where he left off in 2012. He has a fleet of newly designed Camrys and likes the results in test sessions he's seen so far.
"The very first time I was ever in a car — one of the Gen-6 cars on an intermediate track was at Charlotte — we went right to the top of the board and was there the whole morning session," Bowyer said. "I was like, 'Put it back in the box and let's go racing.' That showed me that hopefully we picked up right where we left off."
No doubt, Bowyer has the mechanical equipment to get the job done. Still, he must be in top shape mentally and physically to handle extremely hot days at place such as Talladega, Dover and Darlington.
"You have to be mentally healthy — that's what you have to be," Bowyer says. "You have to be sharp and you have to be focused and certainly physical conditioning is a big part of that. There's no denying that. I've never been tired in a car.
The former short track racer from Kansas feels he's at the top of his game in NASCAR's highest tier of stock car racing. The sky — and the 2013 Sprint Cup championship — could be at his fingertips.
"I am just super proud to be a part of this sport," Bowyer said. "Coming off such a great year — it's definitely a building year, it's exciting and it's challenging. If we can prove that all over again then we're one of the boys. There's a great deal of pride that goes into that and you have to own that. You have to be able to back it up and make it happen."
Ben White is a motorsports columnist for The Dispatch.


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awm, on 2012-May-01, 09:44, said:
Probability of a flannery shape of 4522/45(31)/45(04) is about 2%.
Probability I have a Flannery hand is about 0.68%.
Probability someone at the table has a Flannery hand is about 2.72%.
All of the above is very rough, certainly shape and hcp are not totally independent, and it is possible for two people to have Flannery hands on the same deal, but it should be in the ballpark.
Seems like USBF must be conspiring to NOT give us Flannery hands if its only 6 of 600 deals! (joking)
I guess we all better dust off Flannery, because there's going to be a cluster of em in the next few months!


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Mayhem will rule the day at the Old Spanish Trail Arena on Jan. 19 as more than 70 roller skaters from across the Four Corners area converge on the arena for the Moab Roller Derby's second annual Midwinter Mayhem Roller Derby Event.
According to Jessica "Evil Lucien" O'Leary, captain of the Moab league, this year's format will be slightly different from 2012's highly successful event.
"Last year, we were just feeling it out and trying to get an idea of how many skaters we could get to show up," O'Leary said.
Due to increased interest in the event, the league decided to move the action from the Grand County Middle School gymnasium to the arena, located at 3641 S. U.S. 191.
"We decided to move to a bigger venue," O'Leary said. "We're renting a special floor from Colorado to put on top of the dirt."
The money raised at last year's event helped pay for the league's travel costs throughout the rest of the year, O'Leary said.
"We've had to travel a lot this year," she said. "We've played a game every month."
The league planned this year's event to last most of the day, which should result in more action for spectators, she said.
Last year, we scheduled three games," she said. "This year, we have two full-length bouts, six mini bouts and a couple of scrimmages."
The first bout will begin at 11 a.m.
"People can come and go all day," O'Leary said.
A full schedule can be found on the Moab Roller Derby's Facebook page. O'Leary said that the main event will start around 6 p.m.
Last year, the skaters from the Moab league were split up for the final bout, with some skating for Moab and some competing for a Colorado team. This year, the Moab league will join forces with skaters from Spanish Fork and Salt Lake City against derby girls from Grand Junction, Durango and Cortez, Colo.
"It's going to be Utah versus Colorado," O'Leary said.
Maureen "Mosama Bin' Lappin'" Clapper said that she's excited about the event, even though she isn't sure she'll be able to skate in the main bout. Recovering from a recent foot injury, Clapper said that she will not be doing any jamming. In roller derby, jammers are the offensive players who score points, while the other members serve as defense to keep the other team's jammer from scoring.
"I'll be blocking," Clapper said.
O'Leary said the Midwinter Mayhem won't be the league's only home bout for 2013.
"We're planning two more," she said.
The other two bouts will be held at the Grand County Middle School gym, 439 South 100 East, on Feb. 23 and April 6.
Tickets for the Moab Midwinter Mayhem are $10 for adults. Children ages 12 and under will be admitted free of charge. More information is available at the Moab league's website, www.moabrollerderby.com.


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A throat swab culture is a laboratory test done to identify germs that may cause infection in the throat. It is most often used to diagnose strep throat.
Alternative Names
Throat culture and sensitivity; Culture - throat
How the test is performed
You will be asked to tilt your head back and open your mouth wide. The health care provider rubs a sterile cotton swab along the back of your throat near the tonsils. You need to resist gagging and closing the mouth while the swab touches this area.
The health care provider may need to scrape the back of the throat with the swab several times. This helps improve the chances of detecting bacteria.
How to prepare for the test
Do not use antiseptic mouthwashes before the test.
How the test will feel
Your throat may be sore at the time the test is taken. You may experience a gagging sensation when the back of your throat is touched with the swab, but the test only lasts a few seconds.
Why the test is performed
The test is performed when a throat infection is suspected, particularly
Normal Values
A normal or negative result means no bacteria or other germs that may cause a sore throat were found.
What abnormal results mean
An abnormal or positive culture result means bacteria or other germs that can cause a sore throat were seen on the throat swab.
What the risks are
This test is safe and well-tolerated. In very few patients, the sensation of gagging may lead to an urge to vomit or cough.
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Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director and Director of Didactic Curriculum, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.