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Emily Cotton was in her second day on the job at the Analysis Group — fresh out of college — when an executive asked her an unexpected question: Had she thought about graduate school yet?
From the moment Cotton joined the Boston consulting firm in 2005, she said, colleagues have gone out of their way to give her valuable advice and guidance in advancing her career.
Several co-workers, for instance, helped her prepare applications for business school. The company paid much of the tab for her to attend the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. And when she returned after getting her MBA, co-workers helped her take on new kinds of projects to broaden her skills. She is now an associate at the firm.
"Everyone is willing to help," says Cotton. "It's really not a competitive place."
For five years in a row, Analysis Group has climbed onto the Globe's Top Places to Work list. This year it ranks as the number one large company.
In the survey, workers consistently praised the collegial culture at the company, which focuses on providing economic analysis and expert witness testimony to law firms in complex cases — ranging from securities fraud to patent infringement.
The privately held firm, founded in 1981, has 10 offices across North America, including its Boston headquarters. The firm also has 600 employees, about half of whom are located in Massachusetts.
One of the key ways the company has tried to recruit and retain talented workers is by continually helping them advance.
"It's an investment," said Chris Coffin, vice president of human resources. "We are constantly getting a return."
For example, the company immediately assigns new employees both a peer mentor — someone their age to answer questions — and a senior adviser, who can provide career guidance.
Analysis Group also prides itself on helping employees prepare for graduate school, holding workshops on how to apply and study for the entrance examinations. And when workers agree to return to the company after grad school — as about a third wind up doing — Analysis Group typically agrees to pay for roughly half the tuition. The company offers the benefit to workers it hopes to retain; in exchange, employees promise to return after they earn their degree and stay for at least a year.
Coffin said employees have gone on to study at an array of prestigious business schools. And word about the program has already filtered back to colleges, helping Analysis recruit new graduates.
"We see that as a distinguishing factor," Coffin said.
Analysis Group chief executive Martha Samuelson said she thinks there are other reasons, too, why the company has repeatedly made the Globe's Top Places list.
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"We really try to reward achievement," Samuelson said. "We don't have a tenure system or treat everyone the same."
And, of course, the company is committed to helping workers climb the corporate ladder.
The company also provides partial tuition reimbursement for workers to take other classes. And it routinely invites economists and other outside speakers to give talks to workers. Recent speakers have included New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Duke University economist Andrew Sweeting.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Surely, you've noticed it. Cole Hamels has acted and talked like a very confident man. Almost too confident.
Hamels will soon be a rich man, this much is sure. But as players inch toward free agency, sometimes nerves will dominate. What if I'm hurt? What if I flop?
The Phillies leave Florida on Sunday, and it's almost certain Hamels will return to Philadelphia without a new contract. But the two sides have engaged in negotiations, and it's impossible not to think optimistically about a union when you listen to Hamels speak.
Hamels and his agent, John Boggs, have refused to put any deadline on contract talks. But once the season starts, and Hamels is that much closer to free agency, does anything change?
"No," Hamels said. "My only understanding is if you sign anybody before opening day, you have to deal with the luxury tax. So that's the only thing I know of. Anything after goes toward next season. I understand that's where the Phillies are."
That used to be the case, according to a baseball source. But in the new collective bargaining agreement, the timing of a player's new contract has no affect on average annual value (AAV). The yearly monies against the luxury tax cap are based upon the AAV. Hamels is locked into $15 million for 2012. In the past, some deals were affected by that.
Still, it's interesting Hamels would mention an unprompted detail like that. Boggs was involved in a similar situation before. Last season, one of his clients, Adrian Gonzalez, signed a seven-year deal on April 16 with Boston. The parameters were discussed in spring training and it was not signed until then to avoid further tax penalties.
Hamels said he could not categorize the current negotiations between Boggs and Ruben Amaro Jr., but one baseball source said the two sides are closer than they were at the start of spring training.
"I don't know," Hamels said. "It's all in Ruben's hands. If I get in good shape and I play, the Phillies will make offers, and we'll counter until things look the way they need to look."
There was increased chatter about Hamels this week, not only because spring training is nearing an end, but also with the sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers to Magic Johnson and his ownership group for $2.15 billion.
Hamels, of course, is from California. And the Dodgers will be looking to make a spalsh with their new cash this winter. What was Hamels' reaction?
"I didn't know Magic Johnson knew anything about baseball," he said.
Hamels said he talks to Boggs once every two weeks. Typically, they'll discuss his golf game or his family.
"I haven't been thinking about it at all," Hamels said. "It's going to be one of those things that lingers until something happens."
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Christian Vos, founder of Rood Mitek and Microsoft .NET consultant at Rabobank International, proposed separate ideal and current versions of Definition of Done for agile teams in his recent blog, in order to expand Definition of Done to grow in maturity and quality. Vos cites competence and maturity of the team as reasons why a team would use two versions.
Vos defined ideal and current Definition of Done as:
The ideal Definition of Done defines all steps necessary to deliver a finished increment from development till deployment in production. No further work is needed. The current Definition of Done defines the steps the team is currently capable of doing in one sprint.
Vos suggested making both versions of Definition of Done visible on the wall to increase transparency. Team and product owner can constantly work towards bridging the gap between both versions of Definition of Done.
Putting two versions on the wall will create transparency for the product owner. It represents the current capability of the team and shows what could be improved. The team can try to regularly expand the current Definition of Done with steps from the ideal Definition of Done. Expanding the Definition of Done will actually mean growing in quality and maturity.
Vos stated because of less maturity and competence of agile teams, Definition of Done doesn't include all the steps necessary to deliver production ready code. Typically when finishing a sprint, different items are still left undone. The problem with this undone work is that it piles up every sprint and many teams solve this undone work by introducing extra sprint dedicated for release preparation.
Many teams solve this by introducing so-called "hardening sprints" or "release sprints." These sprints are used to, for example, create the deployment packages, solve some last bugs, do some final testing, and so on - everything to make the software ready for production. When the team defines a complete Definition of Done and applies it, all the undone work is done within the sprints and no release sprints are necessary.
A good Definition of Done helps with following points mentioned by Vos:
- Getting feedback and improving your product and process
- Better release planning
- Giving burn-down charts sense
- Minimizing the delay of risk
- Improving team quality and agility
- Creating transparency for stakeholders
David Lowe, agile coach at Net-A-Porter, supports the idea of having two versions of Definition of Done.
I think it's a clever idea: at least it accepts what the team knows it SHOULD be doing. Of course, how you move towards that ideal is another matter.
On similar lines Wouter Tengeler, owner of The Motion Studio Multimedia Productions suggests creation of separate user stories.
I would recommend adding stories that will complement the difference between the current DoD and the target DoD to make the (technical) debts visible. I would opt to add a story to write a user manual just to be transparent about the task so everyone knows that it is something that still needs to be done. When the team matures you will add the writing of the manuals to the DoD.
Dave Meyer, product marketing specialist at Atlassian explained how to use Jira, for managing Definition of Done over the period of time, in his recent blog.
A Definition of Done is a live document that should be reviewed regularly. As your dev team strives to improve, you can make your practices more stringent over time. Rather than deleting or modifying options, simply disable them. Disabling an option will keep the option in JIRA but prevents it from appearing on issues. This allows you to keep a record of your DoD over time.
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The DoD describes how the team develops products, their wy of working. When teams improve, for instance by doing retrospectives and taking action, the DoD should be updated to reflect this.
Christian Vos suggests that when the team becomes capable of doing more activities in an iteration resulting in a product that's potentially shippable, then activities should be moved from the ideal to the current DoD. This is a practice that can help teams, but there are some things to be aware of:
- Moving activities from the ideal to the current DoD is not the only way that teams can improve.
- Retrospectives can reveal improvements that are not yet mentioned in any of the DoDsand which are stil valuable for the team.
- The ideal DoD should not be static but should be updated when the team suggests improvements in their way of working that they are not already capable of of doing in an iteration, but can do in hardening or release iterations.
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"Samsung's got to be pretty happy right about now, after learning that the US Patent and Trademark Office has filed an initial ruling declaring Apple's rubber-banding patent invalid, as reported by FOSS Patents. The news was good enough that Samsung decided to share it with friends, that is, if US Federal Judge Lucy Koh can be considered a friend. According to the ruling, which Florian Mueller says isn't final, all 20 claims of Apple's patent (No. 7,469,381) are now invalid, including one that the iPhone maker had leveraged against Samsung in their recent legal showdown. The office found that Apple's invention was either anticipated by prior art (from Lira and Ording) or, in some cases, simply obvious." One down, 93485763827563856 to go.
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A pacemaker is a small electronic device that helps regulate slow electrical problems in the heart. The pacemaker is usually implanted in the chest, just below the collarbone. Your doctor may recommend this device to keep your heartbeat from slowing down to a dangerously low rate.
The heart is a pump made up of muscle tissue that is stimulated by electrical currents, which normally follow a specific circuit within the heart. These natural electrical impulses coordinate contractions of the different parts of the heart to keep blood flowing the way it should. A pacemaker may be needed when there are problems with the natural electrical conduction system of the heart.
A pacemaker is made of 3 parts: a pulse generator, 1 or more leads, and an electrode on each lead. A pacemaker signals the heart to beat when the natural heartbeat is too slow or irregular.
Your doctor may recommend a pacemaker to stimulate a faster heart rate when your heart beats too slow and the problem can't be fixed with other treatments.
Problems with the heart rhythm may mean your heart is not pumping enough blood to the body. If your heart rate is too slow, the blood is pumped too slowly. If the heart rate is too fast or too irregular, the heart chambers are unable to fill up with enough blood to pump out with each beat. When the body does not get enough blood, symptoms such as tiredness, dizziness, fainting, or chest pain may occur.
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Generally, a pacemaker insertion follows this process:
After the procedure, you may be taken to the recovery room for observation or returned to your hospital room. A nurse will monitor your vital signs.
Let your nurse know right away if you feel any chest pain or tightness, or any other pain at the insertion site.
After the period of bed rest has been completed, you may get out of bed with help. The nurse will be with you the first time you get up, and will check your blood pressure while you are lying in bed, sitting, and standing. Move slowly when getting up from the bed to avoid any dizziness.
You will be able to eat or drink once you are completely awake.
The insertion site may be sore or painful. Pain medicine may be taken if needed.Your arm may be placed in a sling overnight. Your provider will give you specific instructions on any activity restrictions and about immobilizing your arm after the procedure.You will have a chest X-ray to make sure the lung was not injured during the procedure, and to check the device position.You may be prescribed antibiotics to protect you from an infection around your pacemaker or at the incision site.
Your healthcare provider will see you in your room while you are recovering. The healthcare provider will give you specific instructions and answer any questions you may have.
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Sahara Tabriz Fakhir, 32, is charged with murder in the death of Jerry Wheeler, 66. Fakhir appeared in court Thursday morning.
When a judge asked if Fakhir planned to get an attorney, she said Allah was representing her and would seek vengeance if the judge didn't release her from jail.
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In 2008, Cooler Master established the CM Storm subsidiary brand with a focus on the gaming crowd and an objective of "Arming the Gaming Revolution". Cooler Master offered the consumers a solid performing line of products ranging from cases to mice to power supplies. The CM Storm brand did not neglect the gaming laptop owners and previously offered the SF-19 Strike Force cooler. This was an expected move since the mobile computer industry is eating away at the market share of the desktop computers; any manufacturer with some forecasting skills will want to get a piece of the pie.
Today I will be looking at the latest CM Storm entry in the realm of portable computer cooling, namely the SF-17 Gaming Notebook Cooler that was unveiled at Computex 2013. The CM Storm SF-17 has the same rugged look and feel that's very unique to the CM Storm products. Supporting laptops up to 19" in size, this all black behemoth is built around a 180mm, low RPM - and hopefully silent - eleven-bladed fan. It also offers a USB hub with four USB2 ports and fan speed control. Let's take a closer look at this giant of a cooler and see how it performs.
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EDIT: Also, if anyone wants their creatures to get a ride over there on Talsenreave, I have a baskstory in mind to introduce any of our old species into the new galaxy later on.
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John D. Golebieski
John D. Golebieski, 69, of 313 First Ave., Johnsonburg, died on Saturday afternoon, March 17, 2012 at DuBois Regional Medical Center in DuBois. He was born March 1, 1943 in Johnsonburg, son of the late Bronislaw and Anna Simchick Golebieski.He married Roseanne Parisi on May 21, 1966 in Force. She survives.Mr. Golebieski resided in Johnsonburg most of his life, since 1975, but he lived briefly in Raleigh, N.C. and in Erie. He graduated from Holy Rosary School and from Johnsonburg High School, Class of 1961. Mr. Golebieski had been in the U.S. Air Force. He was employed by Accu Grind of Johnsonburg for 13 years, retiring in 2008. He had worked at Keystone Carbon Co. for 11 years and Carbon City for 11 years. He had also worked at Parker-White Metal and Stackpole Carbon Co. He was a member of Holy Rosary Church, where he was past president of the Parish Council and past chairman of the Holy Rosary Festival Committee. He was also a member of the Cursillo Movement. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Greg S. Golebieski and his wife Michel of Hershey, and Brian D. Golebieski and Karie Carruthers of Orchard Park, N.Y.; three grandchildren, Dustin M., Jason S., and Sara A. Golebieski; three sisters, Patricia Golebieski, Valerie, Mrs. Norman "Deb" Haight and Linda, Mrs. David Gigliotti, all of Johnsonburg; and numerous nieces and nephews.In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a brother, William Golebieski; and six sisters, Helen "Margie" Szczotka, Rita Niedzwecki, Jean Montgomery, Lois Bevacqua, Regina Golebieski and Clara Golebieski. A Mass of Christian Burial for John D. Golebieski will be conducted at 11 a.m. at the Holy Rosary Church in Johnsonburg on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Officiating will be Christopher Barnes of St. Michael's Parish in Greenville. Interment will follow at Holy Rosary Cemetery. Friends will be received on Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Anthony F. Ferragine Funeral Home, 401 Chestnut St., Johnsonburg.
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Jake Peavy pitched seven strong innings against his former team, Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2 on Saturday night for their sixth win in seven games.
Ellsbury also scored twice and drove in a run for the AL East-leaders. David Ortiz, who snapped an 0-for-23 stretch with a two-run single in Friday's win, went 2 for 4 with a walk and an RBI in Boston's 15-hit attack.
Acquired in a three-team, seven-player deal on July 30 that sent Boston infielder Jose Iglesias to Detroit, Peavy spent four seasons with the White Sox. The 32-year old right-hander went 36-29 after being picked up in a trade from San Diego on July 31, 2009.


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Freelink upgrade to lenny with SATA-USB adapter
Usual warnings and caveats apply. This is my experience using a Linkstation Live v2. Normally, from what I've read, this should work for the Linkstation Pro, or indeed any device where you can gain access using a SATA<->USB cable and where the boot and rootfs partitions are accessible. But as always, "you brick it... you bought it."
The goal was to make the Linkstation work with a USB sound card, and thus to act as a media player, not a media server. With this in mind and using Add_a_USB_sound_card as a proof of concept, I installed Freelink following the instructions on FreeLink_for_the_LinkStation_PRO/LIVE. The first problem was Alsa which didn't play well on the 2.6.12 kernel that came with Freelink. After a lot of searching I found that there was a problem with the Alsa tools when running an kernel with OABI userspace tools. This is well-documented on-line. I needed a full "Armel" (EABI) system.
My first attempts to upgrade the kernel to a vanilla 2.6.28 were disastrous and resulted in the box going into a reboot every 30 seconds, before even allowing a connection. Since it wasn't attempting to contact a TFTP server, I couldn't get it to go into [EM_Mode] and I didn't own a serial cable, I was left with no option but to access the drive directly. So I browsed around and found a SATA<->USB adapter that I could use to access the HDD without complete disassembly. The version to the right requires that the either the HDD be removed, or the device be hacked apart.
- The kernel source, available from [1]. You want the most recent version where possible. Check the list in Buffalo_ARM9_Kernel_Port to see at which point support was added for your box.
- A Debian Lenny rootfs. I used [2].
- The SATA<->USB cable shown above, or something similar.
- A Linkstation Live (Or possible other model) running Freelink (Presumably this would work straight out of the box, but I didn't do it that way, so I'm not going to say that it'll work).
Modifying and connecting the adapter
The second time I connected the adapter, I decided to take it apart. The case comes apart fairly easily and you'll need to pull off the plastic cover from the switch and then use a pair of wire cutters to cut the switch shorter. With that done, the HDD can be connected by removing the front of the Linkstation case and the daughterboard. If you have nimble fingers you won't even need to remove the side panel. See Disassemble_the_LS_Pro_v2_/_LS_Live_v2 for further instructions. Since the switch on the adapter will be near inaccessible, you will need to connect the adapter to the HDD, then plug it into the USB port and connect the molex connecter which provides power.
- Follow the instructions in Buffalo_ARM9_Kernel_Port to create a kernel and modules for your Linkstation.
- Connect the drive and mount the partitions. They should appear as /dev/sdXY. Assuming a default partitioning and /dev/sdb as the root you should see
- sdb1 = The boot partition
- sdb2 = The root filesystem
- sdb4 = The extended partition containing the rest
- sdb5 = A swap partition
- sdb6 = The media partition (You do want to store stuff on this, right?)
- In a default setup sdb2 and sdb6 will be in XFS format. As of 08 Jan 2009 there are ongoing issues with XFS on Arm. I had an error on my rootfs after only two boots. It is worth switching to another filesystem. I used ext3 as I'm familiar with it, but there appears to be a strong consensus on using JFS for the media partition.
- Back up the old root system. You will want to be able to revert if anything goes wrong. From within the mounted system use
tar cjf /path/to/backup.tar.bz2 *
- Reformat to a new filesystem if you wish to do so.
- Decompress the Lenny image using the following from within the mounted system:
tar xf /path/to/lennyimage.tar.gz
- Copy your uImage.new kernel image to the boot partition. In the boot partition rename uImage.buffalo to uImage.old and then rename uImage.new to uImage.buffalo.
- Install your modules under /lib on the rootfs.
You now need to make a few modifications to the rootfs
- Set up networking. I modified /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts to reflect what I wanted the box to be called.
- Make /var/cache/man writeable by user "man", otherwise you'll get errors whenever man pages are installed. I don't believe that the following command represents a security risk, but you are modifying access permissions. The worst is that someone will edit your man pages! ;-)
chown -R man:root /var/cache/man
- Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to use your local mirror if you want.
- Put it all back together. Probably best to just connect the daughterboard while you test it. That way, if something doesn't work you can easily take it apart again.
- Power up the unit and hold your breath. When it's finished booting, you can connect using ssh firstname.lastname@example.com with the password "lspro". Don't forget to change the password!
- Run aptitude update to get the package lists and get installing. Congratulations; You are now running a Lenny / Armel system!
Success stories
If anyone else makes this work, it'd be good to hear about it here.
Worked fine for me, used rootfs and cross-compiled vanilla kernel (18.104.22.168) on LSLIVEv2- bias-ply
Worked fine for me too, but I have some comments:
- The man directory to change the owner for is /var/cache/man, not /var/man (I already changed that above)
- I had trouble installing some packages (locales) because /tmp is only 10MB large. To avoid this, comment out the tmpfs line in /etc/fstab
- Theres a user "admin" with password "admin" that should be secured (probably could be deleted)
- Adding the Security Updates line for Lenny is recommended, my /etc/apt/sources.list looks like this now:
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian lenny main deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main
Similar approach but using debootstrap
I used a similar approach on my Linkstation Pro, so I think it is worth documenting here. Also, some of the lessons learned might be relevant.
Rather than using the abovementioned image, I followed some of the instructions at http://wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiHowto to use debootstrap to create a Lenny armel install in /armel-chroot. I have plenty of room in / because I installed a 1TB disk and made / 5GB. I bind-mounted the original / into /armel-chroot/orig for convenience when hacking. I then kept 2 terminals open, one with a shell in the chroot and one with a shell in the original environment, both logged in via SSH. In the chroot I mounted standard things like /proc, /sys and /dev/pts. I decided to be less conservative than the ARM EABI HOWTO so, from within the chroot, I gradually installed all of the packages I needed into the chroot, transferring configuration files into the chroot as I went. One by one I shutdown the services/daemons running outside the chroot and restarted them inside the chroot. By the end of this process the whole system (apart from the kernel and some early boot stuff) was running from the chroot! Logging in with SSH meant I now ended up in the chroot! I wanted a fresh install but also wanted to maintain as much of my configuration as was necessary, so I painstakingly used diff to compare /etc and /armel-chroot/etc so I could make the appropriate configuration changes in /armel-chroot.
I also installed the micro-evtd package that is now included in Lenny.
Once I was confident that everything was setup right, I tried to shutdown the system but found that my chroot tricks had stopped any possible communication with init. So, I manually shutdown as many services/deamons as possible, typed "sync", logged out, waited a few seconds and then powered down the Linkstation Pro.
I then removed the disk and attached it to my laptop via my SATA-USB adapter. I followed an approach similar to the one at http://wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiHowto to move the directories (on the filesystem mounted from /dev/sdb). I moved most of the subdirectories of the original root partition to a directory called /oabi-root and moved the subdirectories of /armel-chroot to /. Note that, during the whole installation and configuration process above, I did not deconfigure or remove any software from outside the chroot - if this whole process were to go horribly wrong then I could just move all of the directories back and get my old system running again.
I decided to try the existing arm (rather than the new armel) initramfs - so my system isn't yet fully armel. I already has a custom Linux 220.127.116.11 kernel with all of the required options. The only boot-time change I made was to comment out references to miconapl and use the call to micro_evtd from the new boot_options file (the one that ships with the above image).
## Reset fan as micocontroller does not do this after reboot #miconapl -a fan_set_speed stop ## Watch-dog reset to 250 secs #miconapl -a system_set_watchdog 250 ## Clear error LED indication #miconapl -a led_set_code_information clear ## Indicate it ran #miconapl -a bz_imhere 1 b4 a4 ## Reset watchdog & fan as micocontroller does not do this after reboot micro_evtd -q -s 013501,013300
I wasn't sure how this would work because I not sure if the lines in boot_options are run from the initramfs or once control is transferred to the OS that resides on disk.
I then reattached the disk to my Linkstation Pro and booted it.
I use a zd1211rw-based wireless USB adapater with this particular Linkstation Pro and wasn't sure how it would work. I also have a static address assigned to the wired ethernet interface, for exactly these situations.
The wireless failed to work. I also found I couldn't login via SSH or telnet. However, using nmap I found that all the expected ports were open. The system was up and running... I just had some permission-related problems somewhere. So, I shutdown the Linkstation Pro and reconnected the disk to my laptop... and fixed the problems after checking a few log files.
Lessons learned
In order of possible relevance to others...
- For whatever reason, eth1 became wlan0. This was neat... but unexpected... so I had to edit /etc/network/interfaces to configure wlan0. I left the configuration for eth1 there and made a copy for wlan0.
- Always install the firmware for your USB wireless adapter - it won't work with out it! ;-) I had actually downed the interface from the old environment and brought it back up from the chroot. This worked... because I didn't powered down the adapter in any way, so the firmware was already loaded.
- If you use /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny to restrict access to services, make sure hosts.allow knows about your static emergency address on eth0, otherwise you won't be able to login. :-)
Apart from that, it just worked.
More details
The above description is pretty high level. I'm very experienced with Linux so I was happy to do this "by the seat of my pants", with this page and the ARM EABI HOWTO as references. If anyone wants more details then let me know and I'll post them. I'm also happy to move this to a new page if that seems like the right thing to do.
- Martin Schwenke <firstname.lastname@example.com>
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NEW YORK (AP) — Deron Williams had 26 points and 10 assists, Joe Johnson scored 25 points, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the road-weary Cleveland Cavaliers 114-101 on Tuesday night for their third straight victory.
Brook Lopez added 23 points for the Nets, who opened a 20-point lead at home for the third straight game, but this time barely let up and beat the Cavaliers for the sixth time in eight meetings after losing nine in a row, mostly during the LeBron James era.
Anderson Varejao scored a career-high 35 points and grabbed 18 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who were wrapping up a six-game, coast-to-coast trip and played much of the game with the urgency of a team that wanted to be home.
They haven't played there since Nov. 2, their second game of the season, and dropped the final four games of the trip to finish 1-5.
Williams and Johnson, perennial All-Stars who have been nicknamed "Brooklyn's Backcourt," put things together for the first time since the Nets acquired Johnson from Atlanta over the summer. Neither had a 20-point game before Tuesday, and Johnson had been shooting only 36.2 percent.
The Nets held Orlando below 20 points in a franchise-record seven straight quarters during a home-and-home sweep and were allowing 90.4 points per game, fourth-best in the NBA. But the offense had been spotty, particularly once they got ahead. They blew a 22-point lead last week in a loss to Minnesota and most of a 20-point advantage Sunday against the Magic.
This time, there was no letup, in part because they just ran by a Cleveland team that didn't have its legs. Brooklyn finished with a 23-8 advantage in fast-break points.
Kyrie Irving had 34 points and eight assists for Cleveland, which started its trip Nov. 3 in Milwaukee, went out to California for two stops, then hit Phoenix and Oklahoma City before wrapping up here. Cavaliers coach Byron Scott told his players Tuesday morning not to let their minds drift to thoughts about being back home, but their defense never showed up in Brooklyn.
Cleveland led after one only because Varejao shot 7 of 8 for 17 points, his highest total in an NBA quarter, helping the Cavs to a 30-29 edge. But the Nets had already started blowing it open by the time he returned a little more than four minutes into the second.
He quickly scored upon re-entering, but the Nets responded with an 8-2 run to open a 48-34 lead. It was 64-42 by halftime. Brooklyn shot 62 percent in the second while holding Cleveland to 5 of 20 (25 percent) and outscoring the Cavs 35-12.
Rookie Dion Waiters missed his first eight shots, then threw up his arms as if to say "finally" when his 3-pointer popped out of the basket and then back in for his first field goal nearly midway through the third. Then it was Varejao's turn to look annoyed, tossing the ball off the backboard stanchion after Lopez beat the Cavs down the floor for a layup that made it 77-53 with 5:16 remaining in the third.
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Notes: Scott led the Nets to their greatest NBA success, trips to the NBA Finals in 2002 and '03 while compiling a 149-139 record from 2000-04. He remembered the move to Brooklyn being discussed when he was there, though delays and lawsuits held up plans to relocate sooner. ... Varejao's previous best quarter was 14 points in the second period against Orlando on Feb. 11, 2010, according to STATS LLC. ... Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, a frequent spectator at Knicks games, sat courtside.


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Here are the latest updates about the severe winter weather moving through Stark County. Updates will be posted as soon as they become available. Or join the conversation on Twitter at #StarkFreeze:
Midnight - Minus 10 degrees
At midnight, the temperature at Akron Canton Airport registered 10 degree below zero with a wind chill of minus 36 degrees.
10 p.m. Minus 10 degrees
At 10 p.m., the temperature at Akron Canton Airport registered 10 degree below zero with a wind chill of minus 37 degrees.
8:30 p.m. Minus 7 degrees
At 8:30 p.m., the temperature at Akron Canton Airport registered 7 degree below zero with a wind chill of minus 33 degrees.
6 p.m. Mercury dips below zero
At 6 p.m., the temperature at Akron Canton Airport registered 6 degree below zero with a wind chill of minus 30 degrees.
6 p.m. Green school board meetings rescheduled
Due to the closing of the Green Local School District today and Tuesday, the organizational and regular Board of Education meetings have been rescheduled for Wednesday and the location has been changed.
The organizational meeting will be at 6 p.m. and the regular meeting will follow at 6:30 p.m. The location has been changed to the high school, 1474 Boettler Road, due to a previously scheduled City Council meeting.
4 p.m. Mercury dips below zero
At 4 p.m., the temperature at Akron Canton Airport registered 1 degree below zero with a wind chill of minus 26 degrees.
3:45 p.m Meals on Wheels cancels Tuesday service
Due to the anticipated sub-zero temperatures, Meals on Wheels of Stark and Wayne Counties will be closed Tuesday, according to a news release from the organization.
The scheduled meal deliveries will be canceled throughout the Stark and Wayne counties service area.
Meal delivery is expected to resume on Wednesday.
3:30 p.m. Canton City, all other Stark schools closed Tuesday
All Stark County schools will be closed on Tuesday. Just after 2 p.m. Monday, Adrian E. Allison, superintendent of the Canton City School District, made the decision to close all schools Tuesday due to the expected frigid temperatures. Canton City schools was the last district to cancel its classes.
Allison said the district waited to make its decision due to the unpredictability of Ohio's weather.
"We wanted to make sure we gave every opportunity for the weather pattern to play out," said Allison, who noted that Canton didn't receive the 2 to 4 inches of snow that had been predicted by Monday afternoon.
3:20 p.m. Canal Fulton Council meeting postponed
The City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled due to the weather, according to a news release from the city.
The meeting has been rescheduled to 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at City Hall, 155 Market St. E.
3:15 p.m. Library to waive fines
The library instituted a grace period for returns Monday and Tuesday and was waiving overdue fees for items due those days in case people didn't feel comfortable coming out in the cold, Harbert said.
3 p.m. Mercury hits zero
At 3 p.m., the temperature at the Akron Canton Airport was zero, with a wind chill of minus 24 degress, according to the National Weather Service.
2:45 p.m. County recorder's office closed Tuesday
The office of Stark County Recorder Rick Campbell will be closed Tuesday due to the weather.
The office will be open again Wednesday for regular hours, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
All County Commissioner related buildings and offices will be open Tuesday. No other county offices had yet reported planned closings, according to County Administrator Brant Luther.
2:40 p.m. Canton, Massillon Council meetings postponed • Canton City Council's first meeting of the new term and new year will have to wait.Due to frigid conditions, council has postponed tonight's meeting until 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9.
• The Massillon City Council regular meeting originally scheduled for Monday evening has been postponed due to cold weather.
The meeting has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Massillon Government and Justice Center, 1 James Duncan Plaza SE.
2:30 p.m. Courthouse open; some trials postponed
The Stark County Courthouse was open Monday, but some trials have been postponed due to the cold temperatures gripping the area.
Marc Warner, court administrator, said it's rare that cases are rescheduled due to the sinking temperature as opposed to heavy snowfall.
"We just want to limit as much as we can, under the circumstances, ... the number of jurors that we're having come in, trying to be mindful of ... the potential hardship it creates," he said.
2:15 p.m. Massillon Boys and Girls Club remains open
Youth basketball practice for both girls and boys was expected to continue as usual Monday night, said Steve Pedro, director of operations for the Boys and Girls Club of Massillon.
"The heater is on, we can have practice inside," he said Monday. "As long as the roads are fine, we're going to practice tonight."
2 p.m. Health department closes clinic
Due to extreme cold, the City Health Department is closing all scheduled clinics Tuesday, including the Women, Infant and Children program and the Sexually Transmitted Infection clinic.
The clinics will resume normally scheduled times on Wednesday.
1:45 p.m. Mercury continues to plummet
Temperatures continue to drop as expected with the arrival of frigid temperatures expected to hit minus 14 tonight.
At 12:51 p.m., the mercury registered 4 degrees, with a 24 mph wind generating a minus 18 degree wind chill, closely matching the National Weather Service forecast so far.
The temperature peaked at a balmy 45 degrees with light rain at 11:51 p.m. Sunday before diving for the basement over the next 13 hours, according to National Weather Service observations at Akron Canton Airport.
Tonight, the temperature is expected to hit minus 14, with wind chill values as low as minus 38.
Little to no snow accumulation is expected.
Most schools in Stark County are closed today on account of the freezing temperatures, and 24-hour warming centers with warm drinks are already open at the Canton Civic Center at 1101 Market Ave. N and the Salvation Army at 315 6th St. NE in Massillon.
1 p.m. Temperature dips into single digits
By 1 p.m., the temperature at the Akron Canton Airport had fallen to 4 degrees with a wind chill of minus 18, according to the National Weather Service.
12:45 p.m. Communities open warming centers
Canton has opened several locations as warming centers, according to a news release.
The Canton Memorial Civic Center, located at 1101 Market Ave. N., opened at noon Monday and will remain open through Wednesday at noon.
The Edward "Peel" Coleman Southeast Community Center, located at 1400 Sherrick Rd. SE, will be open from noon to 9 p.m. Monday and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Massillon Salvation Army, located at 315 Sixth St. NE, will be open from noon Monday through noon Wednesday.
Warming centers are also open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at the following locations:
• Goodwill, 408 Ninth St. SW., Canton.
• Red Cross Community Resource Center, 234 S. Arch Ave., Alliance.
The city is working with the Red Cross to get sleeping materials for people who need to stay overnight at the Civic Center.
SARTA will offer shuttles from the southeast community center to the Civic Center.
12:15 p.m. Schools close, but library stays busy
Stark County District Libraries expect more people in its buildings because of the school snow days and cold weather, spokeswoman Laurie Fife Harbert said.
She said she remembered one day in November when students were out of school, there was a line of parents and children waiting to get into the building before the doors opened at 10 a.m.
All Bookmobile and Kidmobile stops have been canceled because of the weather but the branches will operate regularly, according to the website.
The main branch of the library, located at 715 Market Ave. N., plans to open the foyer around 8 a.m. Tuesday for people who need to get out of the cold, Harbert said. Coffee will be served.
North Canton Public Library had seen fewer patrons Monday morning, which spokeswoman Christina Weyrick attributed to the cold weather. She said the building would remain open for people who need a place to escape frigid temperatures — or parents who want to bring their children.
"We certainly have things to keep them busy," she said.
Monday, all public school districts in the county canceled school.
As of 11:30 a.m., all but Canton City Schools had announced schools would be closed Tuesday, too. Canton City Schools planned to make a decision about Tuesday by 4 p.m. Monday, according to the district's Twitter account.
Area child care centers on Monday said they had school-aged children at their facilities but that they weren't experiencing unusually high numbers of kids.
Tammy Majestic, co-director of Little Learners Development Center on 13th Street NW, estimated there were about 20 school-aged kids at the center late Monday morning.
The center doesn't take walk-ins. Majestic said children have to be registered to be able to stay for the day.
The same is true for North Canton YMCA Child Care Center.
Director Julie Daugherty said the facility operates even when school isn't in session — because parents still have to work.
Noon: Red Cross to open warming center in Alliance
A "warming center" will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the American Red Cross outpost at 234 S. Arch Ave.
The local American Red Cross chapter will operate the center at the request of the city Fire Department.
It will be "a place for someone to come in, get warm and get something warm to drink," Barbara Slater, disaster program specialist for the local Red Cross, said. "It is not meant for overnight. Some people have no power in their homes. It is a chance for them to get out of the weather."
Temperatures on Tuesday are forecast to range from about minus 15 degrees to zero, according to the National Weather Service's regional bureau in Cleveland.
As of Monday, the Red Cross chapter had no plans to operate a similar drop-in center in Minerva.
"We have not heard from Minerva at all," Slater said.
11:35 a.m. Ice from broken water main closes Massillon street
A portion of 16th Street NE is closed due to a water main break.
City Safety-Service Director Al Hennon said crews have closed 16th from Phillips Road NE to Lincoln Way E while they work on the problem, which happened Monday morning as temperatures were plummeting into the low teens.
Lincoln Way E is down to one lane moving east — the westbound lane is closed — in the area. Motorists should try to avoid that section.
Hennon said salt is becoming ineffective for melting ice on roadways due to the extreme cold. He said crews will be mixing salt with grit.
Black ice is a concern on the roadways, Fire Chief Tom Burgasser said. Motorists should slow down and be alert on roads that may only look wet.
Hennon and Burgasser advise residents to stay indoors if you can.
"If you don't have to be out on the roads, don't drive," Burgasser said.
For those who must drive, Hennon advises having a full gas tank, a blanket and a charged cellphone with you, "so you can call us," he said.
Firefighters battled a garage fire on Arapahoe Road SE earlier Monday. The cold hampered efforts but crews got the blaze under control. Water froze on the roadway as it flowed away from the fire scene.
11:32 a.m. Massillon provides warming center
Hennon and Burgasser said a warming station will be set up at the Salvation Army at 315 Sixth St. NE from noon Monday through noon Wednesday.
The center is not a shelter with cots, meals and overnight accommodations. It's a place for people to get temporary shelter from the cold and a warm drink. It also will provide restroom facilities.
Folks can stop in at the warming station throughout the day and night as needed.
"If it serves one person, it's served its purpose," Burgasser said of the temporary warming station.
Don't be alone, if you can, advises Burgasser.
"If you're able, try to find someone to stay with," such as family, friends or neighbors, Burgasser said.
Protect yourself from frostbite if you're out in the elements by wearing layers of clothing and keeping exposed skin covered, officials advise.
11:30 a.m. Temps dip toward single digits
At 11 a.m., the temperature at Akron Canton Airport was 12 degrees, with winds out of the west at 22 mph, creating a wind chill of minus 7 degrees.
10:40 a.m. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to close early
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will close early today because of the weather. According to their website, "Due to severe weather, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will close at 3 p.m. on Monday, January 6, 2014."
10:35 a.m. Akron Zoo closed today, Tuesday
The Akron Zoo is closed today and Tuesday due to the weather, according to a release.
10:30 a.m. Massillon crews battle fire, water main break
As of 10 a.m. Monday, temperatures were in the low teens in Stark County and dropping rather quickly.
The frigid temps caused some problems for safety crews in Massillon who fought a garage fire at 1234 Arapahoe Road SE. Salt crews were called to spread salt on the road as the water used to fight the fire was freezing on the street, causing slippery conditions.
City crews were also investigating a water main break at 16th and Lincon Way E in Massillon.
Massillon officials were meeting with the Salvation Army this morning to discuss setting up warming stations for folks who may need it later today. Details were still being worked out as of 10:30 a.m.
Check this website often today for the latest weather updates, cancellations and where you can get warm.
10:15 a.m. Clergy to bless the waters at noon
The Stark County Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood will conduct a New Year's Blessing of the Waters at noon today at Stadium Park, Shelter No. 5.
10:05 a.m. Warming centers to open Tuesday
The Stark County Chapter of the American Red Cross will open warming centers in Canton and Alliance Tuesday to help residents cope with the extreme cold.
The warming centers will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the following locations.
• Goodwill, 408 Ninth St. SW., Canton.
• Red Cross Community Resource Center, 234 S. Arch Ave., Alliance.
At this time, there is no plan to open warming centers on Monday.
8:55 a.m. Horseshoe Casino closed
Horseshoe Casino in Cleveland closed at 3 this morning until further notice due to the extreme cold.
8:05 a.m. Plain Twp. issues parking ban
Due to inclement weather, Plain Township has issued a parking ban that will be in effect through 12 a.m. Wednesday
8 a.m.: Temperatures to nosedive during the day
Temperatures are dropping rapidly this morning with the arrival of a winter storm expected to bring frigid temperatures as low as minus 14 tonight.
The temperature peaked at a balmy 45 degrees with light rain at 11:51 p.m. Sunday, according to National Weather Service observations at Akron Canton Airport.
Over the next six hours, the mercury fell to 18 degrees and the rain turned into light snow.
The National Weather Service forecast calls for temperatures to continue to drop to around 4 degrees this afternoon. With winds of 20 to 25 mph and gusts up to 40 mph, the wind chill value could be as low as minus 20 degrees.
Tonight, the temperature is expected to hit minus 14, with wind chill values as low as minus 38.
Little to no snow accumulation is expected.
Most schools in Stark County are closed today on account of the freezing temperatures.
GateHouse Ohio reporters Shane Hoover, Christina McCune, Malcolm Hall, Alison Matas, Kelli Young, Kelly Byer, Steven M. Grazier, Ed Balint, Amy Knapp, Dave Sereno, Summer Moore and Veronica Van Dress contributed to this report.


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Ladson-Billings lecture moved to Feb. 12
Due to the weather, Gloria Ladson-Billings' lecture "The World is Neither Flat Nor Round," has been postponed until Feb. 12.
Iowa State University researcher works to modify, increase corn starch
An Iowa State University researcher has developed technology that allows corn plants to produce more starch and also modified starch.
Iowa State professors studying more effective method to monitor physical activity
Kinesiology professor Gregory Welk is leading a team of Iowa State researchers on a four-year project to provide a more precise way for people to determine their physical activity level. The project is funded by a $616,430 grant from the National Institutes of Health and conducted in partnership with Iowa State's Center for Survey Science and Methodology.
Ethanol profitability calculator developed by Iowa State University researcher
David Peters, an assistant professor of sociology in Iowa State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has developed a tool to determine what market conditions are needed for ethanol producers to make a profit.
'Science Cafe' to explore the human nature of chimps with Jill Pruetz on Jan. 21
Associate Professor of Anthropology Jill Pruetz will present "Chimps: They're More Human Than You Think," at ISU's "Science Cafe" on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 6 p.m. at Legends American Grill in Ames. The event is free and open to the public.
Iowa State earns National Model Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program Award
Iowa State University was honored with the National Model Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program Award at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif. on Saturday, Jan. 10. ISU management professor Howard Van Auken was also named a USASBE Fellow at the conference.
Iowa State students called to duty for Obama inauguration
Staff Sgt. Justin Niichel of Osage and Spc. Sunjo Chang of Westfield, both Iowa State pre-business students, will be among the 1,000 Iowa National Guard soldiers and airmen on duty during the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration of Barack Obama.
Iowa State University to honor Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events
Iowa State University will join the nation in honoring Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was assassinated on April 4, 1968. The Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration 2009 will pay tribute to King with a series of events between Jan. 14 and Jan. 29. All events are free and open to the public.
Iowa State University researchers discover structure of key Ebola protein
An ISU research team led by Gaya Amarasinghe, ISU biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, is a step closer to finding a way to counter the Ebola virus after recently solving the structure from a key part of the Ebola protein known as VP35.
Iowa Small Business Development Centers aiding businesses indirectly damaged by disasters
Businesses that were indirectly damaged economically by last summer's weather disasters across the state are encouraged to contact the Iowa Small Business Development Centers to receive free counseling assistance.
Quisenberry named ISU vice president for research and economic development
Sharron Quisenberry, professor of entomology and dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, is Iowa State University's new vice president for research and economic development. Quisenberry will join ISU on April 1, 2009.
Iowa State astrophysicist helps map the Milky Way's four spiral arms
Martin Pohl, an Iowa State University associate professor of physics and astronomy, is part of a research team that developed the first complete map of the Milky Way galaxy's spiral arms. The map shows two prominent, symmetric spiral arms in the inner part of the galaxy. The arms extend into the outer galaxy where they branch into four spiral arms.
Geoffroy provides plan for handling budget cuts
In a Dec. 31 letter, ISU President Gregory Geoffroy updated faculty and staff on plans for handling the latest mid-year reversion in state funds to the university.
National association honors ISU architecture professor for creative achievement
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture awarded a 2008-09 Creative Achievement Award to Mitchell Squire, associate professor of architecture. He was honored for his "positive and stimulating influence" upon students at Iowa State through the semester-long course he created, Craft and Crafty Action: On the Relationship between Creativity and Mischief.
Students explore climate science in state FIRST LEGO League championship
The eighth annual FIRST LEGO League Iowa Championship will bring 72 teams from across the state to Iowa State University's College of Engineering. The contest for teams of 9-to 14-year-olds will be 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 17, in Howe Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
In the news
Postcard from San Francisco
Time magazine
It's Saturday night at the American Economics Association's conference, and Iowa State University economics professor Peter Orazem has just taken the podium in an overcrowded ballroom at the San Francisco Hilton for The Economics Humor Session.
The Milky Way: bigger, faster, better understood
A flurry of recent findings have provided a clearer understanding of the Milky Way than ever before. Martin Pohl, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Iowa State University, has revealed the most detailed map to date of the galaxy's spiral arms.
Economic humor: no longer an oxymoron
The New York Times
On Saturday night, the American Economic Association held its very first humor session. One of the presenters was Peter Orazem from Iowa State University, who presented a more standard stand-up routine, though one loosely based on economic humor (and airline jokes, etc.).
Depression may underlie "transmission" of poverty
Children from poor families are more likely than their peers to be depressed as teenagers, with effects that can ultimately make it harder to climb out from poverty, a new Iowa State University study suggests.
Some protect the ego by working on their excuses early
The New York Times
Every ugly exam score, blown deadline and failed project provides the opportunity to try out new excuses. But the tactic doesnt fool many people. In a recent study, James C. McElroy of Iowa State University and J. Michael Crant of Notre Dame had 246 adults evaluate the behavior of characters in several workplace anecdotes. The participants' impressions of a character began to sour after the second time the person cited a handicap.


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10 Great Verses About Love
From standard passages like "love your neighbor as yourself" to the ever-famous line from 1 Corinthians, "love is patient, love is kind," the Bible is filled with verses about love. However, the Bible doesn't just talk about romantic love, but also the love we have for our friends and family as well as the love we have for the Lord.
In order to help spread the love, here are 10 powerful Bible verses all about love!
DailyBibleVerse.com is a website and newsletter designed to deliver daily inspirational and powerful verses from God's holy word, the Bible. DailyBibleVerse.com exists to increase faith and devotion for everyone from the busy believer who struggles to find time for Bible study, to the steadfast follower who prays and reads the Bible regularly.


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15 Inspiring Indoor/Outdoor Bathrooms
If you love the idea of an outdoor bathroom, but you'd prefer a little more privacy (and/or you'd like to have the option to bathe indoors in inclement weather), look no further than this roundup of our favorite bathrooms with an indoor/outdoor component. I know I'll be saving some of these to my 'dream house' folder.
1. Sharyn Cairns for Country Style Au, via 79 Ideas.
2. An open-air bathhouse at an Australian residence, as seen on Dwell.
3. The Jodlowa House by PCKO Architects, via Freshome.
4. A Southern California home, as seen on Dwell.
5. Hotel Sezz, via Yatzer
6. A house in Washington State's San Juan Islands with walls and a roof that open to the outdoors, as seen on Vogue Living. You can find more photos of this house here.
7. An Australian home, as seen on The Selby.
8. A South African home, spotted on Klikk
9. Matthew Millman via Apartment Therapy
10. FVArquitectos via Designboom.
11. John Granen for Metropolitan Home, via My Paradissi
12. Tribe Studio via The Style Files
13. Summerour Architects via Houzz
14. Cesana via Architizer
15. Beachcroft Residence by Andrew Maynard Architects, as seen on ArchDaily
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Volume 17 Issue 22 | October 22 - 28, 2004
P.S. 3 students and a teacher test the pH of the Hudson River.
P.S. 3 students determine the Hudson is healthy
BY Divta Watal
Trying to emulate real scientists, 75 children from Greenwich Villages P.S. 3 embarked on an adventurous field trip to the Hudson River last Wednesday. Students from kindergarten to grade five, accompanied by teachers and parent volunteers, conducted air and water tests, working assiduously from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
It was a fabulous, fabulous day, said teacher Susan Soler, and just an incredible experience for the kids.
Shino Tanikawa, a parent who is a scientist, set up five stations for the children to test pH levels in the water and oxygen in the air. After seven hours, the budding scientists concluded that the Hudson was quite healthy.
All the classes were so excited, but the older classes especially. They felt like real scientists, said Soler.
The children were thrilled to see a blue crab swim by while they conducted their experiments, though a few students missed it.
If you dont see anything, you have to stop, listen and look, teachers told them.
As another special treat, Stephan P. Stanne, author of The Hudson: An Illustrated Guide to the Living River, dropped by and autographed his book for the children. Stanne, who is the education director for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc., a nonprofit education and advocacy organization based in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., spoke to his young audience about the Hudsons history and diversity of plants and wildlife.
Dr. Mary J. Leou, director of the Wallerstein Collaborative for Urban Environmental Education at N.Y.U.s Steinhardt School of Education, also participated in the field trip. Part of the universitys Hudson River Education Series, the event aimed to educate teachers and students about current research and issues affecting the Hudson River estuary and New York Harbor.
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Scraping, peeling, priming and painting a house on West Auglaize Street, volunteers from local churches put in the hard work to help someone else.
"You never know what anyone else's situation is," said Betty Wellman. "If I needed it, I hope they would do the same for me."
Wellman has helped with the annual Servants Day, held Saturday, since it started four years ago.
"It is a good thing," she said while peeling paint from a ladder Saturday.
Organized by the Wapakoneta Area Ministerial Association, friends, neighbors and church members joined together throughout the community to help others as part of Servants Day, held each September. No experience was necessary.
Quoting the "Christ Has No Body" poem, flyers advertising the day encouraged members of the community to help their neighbors by serving as Christ's hands and feet on earth.
The 120 volunteers who signed up to help this year worked on projects to rebuild steps, interior and exterior painting, yard work, reproofing, and electrical work.
Servants Day coordinator Rachel Barber said the idea grew out of a recommendation from a Wapakoneta Steering Committee working on a comprehensive plan.
"We noticed situations where people were having difficulty maintaining homes," Barber said. "People literally couldn't get it done."
Anyone asking for help could receive it through the day, with forms available at area churches and local food pantries.
"There is a whole diverse array of people we help, with a lot of them older, widows or single moms," Barber said.
She said Servants Day is a reminder that "we all need to look after each other."
"The commitment people have to this is amazing," Barber said, explaining that many will even return after the day is over to work on projects that need more attention.
Connie Andrews, who attends St. Johns and Uniopolis United Methodist churches, had never participated in Servants Day before but heard about it and wanted to help.
"I wanted to help somebody who needs help," said Andrews, who was excited for the day to begin. "We are supposed to be servants of Christ. Hopefully more people will get involved in helping their neighbors in the name of Christ."
Joining her was Heather Arbogast, who didn't have any experience painting, but found herself priming a house before it was repainted on Saturday.
"I wanted to help the community, said the member of Uniopolis United Methodist Church.
The Rev. Pat Sloneker of St. Joseph Catholic Church described the event, which he participates in annually, as awesome.
Parmie Herman, who was leading a crew of volunteers at the house on West Auglaize Street, said restoring the outside of the house through painting and simple carpentry repairs was a big job, but one they planned on finishing. With nine people working on the house that morning, reinforcements were on the way to help get the job done.
Herman has been helping with the community service day since it began and has found herself painting houses and doing repairs in years past.
"It's a way to give back to our community in our own backyard," Herman said. "I can drive down the street and know I helped. It makes it real. We just are not going somewhere, helping and then leaving."
A member of St. Paul United Church of Christ, Herman said there is a great satisfaction that goes with knowing she helped someone as best she could.
In addition to helping others, Herman said the day also provides an opportunity to meet new people from other churches as they all work together toward a common goal.
"We all believe in the same God and the same type of service," Herman said.


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KASBEER – In 1838, a reverend from the Methodist Protestant Church traveled from Ohio to Princeton and organized the Bureau Circuit, which consisted of a meeting place in Limerick. The people of Limerick gathered in their homes and at a school house for services until the first Limerick Church building was built in 1850.
Although a different name and location, this marked the beginnings of the current Kasbeer Community Church.
It wasn't until 1885, when a railroad was laid through Kasbeer, that discussion sparked about moving the church to the more bustling area. Pastors who came to serve the Limerick Church were disappointed to find no accommodations in the little village. They were forced to drive to Kasbeer for their mail and all other necessities. Not only did the pastors press the removal of the church to Kasbeer, but the possibility of another denomination coming to Kasbeer brought potential of endangering the work of the Limerick Church.
In 1901, the congregation voted on whether or not to move the church to Kasbeer. Ballots were prepared, and 66 yes votes over 22 no votes allowed the moving of the church. A second vote took place on whether or not to move the current building or build a new church building. Again, ballots were prepared, and 58 "build" votes over 10 "move" votes allowed the building of a new church.
One hundred and seventy-five years later, the church still stands and continues to provide a stable place for worship. The church is currently led by the Rev. Eric J. Seibert. As the church celebrates its many years of service and history, Seibert believes it's not what the church has done, but what the Lord has accomplished throughout the years.
"We have a lot of people who have been coming throughout the years who have been very, very faithful to the church and to one another," he said. "I can't imagine really being anywhere else right now."
Lifelong member, Doris Bohm can still recall attending services in 1928. It was the year, the very charismatic Rev. H.E. Garner traveled to Kasbeer.
According to Bohm, he came at a much needed time – the Depression was taking off; the church had been without a pastor for nearly a year; and membership was dwindling.
"I really think he saved the day because he was very charismatic. His personality was very young, and he brought that church to life," Bohm said.
With his zeal and untiring efforts, Garner attracted a large attendance and gained cooperation of the entire Kasbeer community.
Ruth Sabin, a longtime member of the church, remembers Garner knocking on doors in the community and personally inviting people to his services.
"You didn't want to miss church on Sunday, or he'd be knocking on your door on Monday," she said.
Garner stayed with the church until 1934, when he accepted a call to a church in Oglesby.
In 1938, a movement to form an independent denomination began. There was much disagreement among the members, and many were reluctant to part from their Methodist heritage. The movement caused many families to leave the church. The church took a vote to change the denomination, and change won. The church was renamed Kasbeer Community Church.
Throughout its long history, the church has united its community and provided a stable place for worship. Of course, throughout the years, changes have brought along sacrifice, trial and some hardship, but through it all, the members' faith and dedication are what continue to provide services each Sunday.
The church will celebrate its 175th anniversary beginning at 11:30 a.m. Sunday. There will be a lunch, guest speakers, musicians and an ice cream social. For more information, call the church at 815-875-2965 or the parsonage at 815-875-1030.
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