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Barth Healey
Recent and archived news articles by Barth Healey of The New York Times.
Czeslaw Slania, 83, Engraver Of Postage Stamps and Money
Czeslaw Slania produced more than 1,000 stamps for 32 countries or postal jurisdictions and engraved portraits of monarchs and movie stars.
March 24, 2005, Thursday
What to Do With All Those Stamps
While selling personal collections is collections is complicated and seldom lucrative, giving a collection away for a tax deduction can be profitable.
November 15, 2004, Monday
'Vette Lament: Postage Is Due
FORD has had three. Now Chevy enthusiasts want a United States postage stamp, too. They are gathering petition signatures for a stamp to mark the Corvette's 50th anniversary in June 2003. There used to be a Postal Service ban on stamps that hin...
November 11, 2001, Sunday
October 14-20; Talk About Timing
The United States Postal Service has provided tens of millions of jarring moments for Americans edgy over anthrax-tainted letters and Arab terrorist attacks: a stamp dominated by Arabic script. The 34-cent stamp, planned a year ago and put on ...
October 21, 2001, Sunday
Theodore Van Dam, 84, Scholar Of Mail Service in Times of War
Theodore Van Dam, a philatelic writer and historian of the handling of mail in wartime, died in Los Angeles on May 1. He was 84. The cause was leukemia, his family said.
May 11, 2001, Friday
World Briefing
EUROPE CZECH REPUBLIC: HAVEL MAY HAVE PNEUMONIA -- President Vaclav Havel is sick with a viral infection that may become pneumonia, his spokesman said. The president has canceled most appointments this week and is being treated with antibiotics...
November 28, 2000, Tuesday
World Briefing
EUROPE RUSSIA: AMERICAN LOSES COURT ROUND -- A court rejected an appeal by an American accused of spying to call additional experts to determine whether documents about torpedoes that he received were top secret, as prosecutors allege. The Amer...
November 14, 2000, Tuesday
THE MIDDLE EAST IRAQ: SANCTIONS-BREAKING TRADE FAIR -- Companies from 45 countries came to the annual Baghdad trade fair, and many representatives flew in despite a United Nations embargo on air travel. Fourteen senior officials from Arab count...
November 2, 2000, Thursday
EUROPE RUSSIA: ACCORD ON NAZI LOOT -- Deputy Treasury Secretary Stuart E. Eizenstat said the United States and Russia had reached extensive agreement on opening archives to help find property looted by the Nazis. He declined to give details bef...
October 5, 2000, Thursday
Stamp Collectors' New Focus
AS the summer fades into fall, indoor activities become more important. And in this age of electronic addictions, many parents cast about for something to keep young fingers (and minds) occupied with something other than dot.coms and sitcoms.
October 1, 2000, Sunday
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text: Since the original thread has gone into remodelling my forehand: http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=430395 I decided to start a new thread about my serve. After 20 years...I can serve, but there's some weird hitch in the kinetic chain. What I can see is that the right hip/leg comes forward. As always, comments and suggestions are most welcome. Video of the motion here: http://youtu.be/V0vTXOUkYc8 It's pretty much good for starting the point, not much more. No pop. http://youtu.be/PP9TIcAz5X4 Please do help me fix it

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Tuesday night's primary elections will go down in Pope County history, according to Election Commission Chairman Dale Brown.
Brown said Tuesday night he hoped the election commission would never again have to deal with the problems it faced in this year's primary.
Despite an "ultra-light" voter turnout in the primary election, commissioners and poll workers still had their hands full as they hand-counted the ballots that are normally coded and fed through a machine to be counted.
But because of the state's and Little Rock Electronic Systems and Software's (ESS) lapse in getting scanable ballots to the county, Brown said, ballots in Pope County and numerous other counties in the state had to be counted manually
Brown added because of the county's new touch-screen voting machines in its 18 polling places, two tallies had to be taken from each voting place and added together -- also slowing the normal process from previous years.
Yet another halt in the night's primary election process was a lone polling box that was still missing late in the evening. Brown explained the last box came in to the Pope County Courthouse at 10:30 p.m. after a poll worker took the box home instead of coming to the courthouse.
"You've just got to laugh a something like that," Brown said after the unusual election night.
But Brown also gave the hope that the issues at the state level would be resolved before the November general elections.
"This was the state's responsibility, and if ESS will do their job, we won't have this problem again," Brown said. "This is no fault of Pope County."
Brown said, however, he still hopes to have the two options of touch-screen voting or paper ballots in the future.


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TO Dr. Thiebe – Music Director
Mr. Vern Cox – Alumni Director
Mr. Paul Tierney – Alumni Council President
FROM Dean Costello
SUBJECT Recommended Changes for Springfield College Alma Mater
DATE November 4, 1982
Now Raise a song for Springfield
Let hearts and voices blend
To celebrate its praises,
Whose fame shall have no end;
While fellowship makes holy,
While eager hope elates,
And visioned youth come thronging
Its spacious gates.
Earthwide may happy childhood
Lift high their wond'ring eyes,
Strong youth brings back the vision
Of earthly paradise;
To follow truth to wisdom
Nor faint thro' falt'ring fears,
Be this thy task, O Springfield,
Thro' all the years.
Women have been a part of the student body at Springfield College for several years, and the time is long overdue to make an appropriate change in the wording of the Alma Mater. I have underlined the suggested phrases, removing masculine words by substituting words that embrace both the men and women.
I believe this recommendation should be placed as an action item for the next Alumni Council meeting, and I would be happy to be present to promote this action.
I realize there may be some who will want to become entangled in bureaucratic red tape and feel that such a change is difficult. On the contrary, however, I do not feel it is difficult at all because the new wording is not only appropriate but it does not alter the intent of the song. Difficult changes are only created by difficult people. I look forward to your assistance in the promotion of this endeavor.
Jean J. Costello
Dean of Students
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10 Handmade Nook Cases, Kindle Cases, Sony Reader Cases
10 Amazing Handmade eReader Cases
10 Amazing Handmade eReader Cases
I already showed you a few of my favorite Nook cases from B&N, as well as a few Kindle cases from Etsy, but there's an abundance of great-looking and stylish handmade cases for your Kindle, Nook, and Sony Readers on Etsy as well. I couldn't let another day pass without showing you a few of my faves and giving some love to my favorite handmade website. Check them out now!
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Receive udinstaller32.exe error message and then software does not install. Can't even reload previous version- receive the same udinstaller32.exe error message - udinstaller32.exe has encountered a problem and must close.
Receive udinstaller32.exe error message and then software does not install. Can't even reload previous version- receive the same udinstaller32.exe error message - udinstaller32.exe has encountered a problem and must close.
Exact ZA version you try to install? Previous version number and type? More information you more likely some users here will be able to help.
ZoneAlarm Antivirus + Firewall 10.1.065
Previous version was 10.1.035 which was provided by support to correct the virus update problem. I also tried upgrading to 10.1.056 which is when I first received the udinstaller32.exe error. Then tried the latest version posted yesterday which is 10.2.065.
Try to download on to your desktop this ZA removal tool:
You must be logged as adminitrator to be able to remove properly ZA. You will be asked to reboot for the removal to be complete.
Now re-download the full ZA antivirus installer from here:
Try to run it... Does it help?
P.S. That internal build (035) had strange effects on my folder permissions. You may need to boot your PC in SAFE MODE and remove any "checkpoint" or "zonealarm" folder in "program files" folder and "program data" folder (in windows 7, application data folder in XP, its hidden) in order to be able to install the latest version.
Last edited by fax; November 11th, 2011 at 08:14 AM.
Saved both files to my Desktop. Booted into Safe Mode and deleted Checkpoint and Zonealarm folders in locations you identified. Could not delete zlavscan.dll file. Booted into Normal Mode and was able to delete this file. Ran Clean.exe and ran the 10.1.065 intstall. First time it failed to scan the memory during the configuration process and froze there until I selected "Next". Program would not start on reboot. Uninstalled AVG Internet Security I had installed today for protection and reinstalled ZoneAlarm 10.1.065. No problems with the install except the program will still not load on Windows startup.
Maybe I'll just forget this and go back to AVG.
LOL, you did not say you are running ZA AV with AVG. First rule on security, never run two antiviruses or two firewalls at the same time.
They may work fine for sometime but conflicts are behind the scene with applications fighting for resources, blocking each other in case of infections and creating unstable systems. This will result in less security.
Only choose one security tool and if you can't really avoid using something else only use software that is designed to work alongside with other security tools (e.g. free malwarebytes, free superantispyware).
If you are happy with the other antivirus then remove ZA. If you want to use ZA you will need to fully remove AVG including running their removal tool.
All this installing/removing may have also damaged your OS or files or left over are imparing the install of ZA. Use the free ccleaner to clean your system and registry before trying to install any of the two.
Good luck!
I only installed AVG today when ZA quit working and wanted protection until I could get ZA back up and running. I know that 2 AVs at the same time is a no-no. I'm not stupid.
I ended up removing ZA through the Add/Remove within Control Panel, running Clean.exe again, and reinstalling 10.1.065..again.
I now have ZA up and running.
Thank you for your suggestions.
Excellent! Problem solved then. I will revise the title and close it. Do not hesitate to open a new thread for any other product related issue.
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Because the Bible Tells Me So
How can we know the truth?
Christians of most, if not all, denominations and subcultures would answer in one accord... THE BIBLE!
If all eternal and spiritual truth finds its home in only one book, then anything outside of this book, no matter how seemingly reasonable, must be subject to scrutiny and not be seen as a sure 'word from God.' This post seeks to find what this infallible source has to say for itself about itself.
The Canon of the New Testament had not been settled until The Period of Fixation (AD 367-405) where, "in his "Epistola Festalis" (A.D. 367) the illustrious Bishop of Alexandria ranks all of Origen's New Testament Antilegomena, which are identical with the deuteros, boldly inside the Canon, without noticing any of the scruples about them. Thenceforward they were formally and firmly fixed in the Alexandrian Canon." The Catholic Church recognized that the validity of these decisions regarding the canonization of the New Testament rested on also proving that those that making the decisions had made infallible ones. The most solid way to insure this proof was to claim that those making the decisions themselves were indeed infallible.
For good graces of discussion, let's assume that the God who penned the words through other fallible men also had the ability to make sure it would get published whether or not the men compiling 'his' works were infallible or not.
Biblical infallibility is truly the chief cornerstone of the Christian faith. For quite obvious reasons, this was not the case among the early church for perhaps several generations after the day of Pentecost. This cornerstone is more paramount than even the Resurrection of Jesus, for without the thrust of authority of infallibility or inerrancy, the need for faith in the unseen increases while the grounds of conscious reasoning decreases. In other words, without an outside and objective benchmark for what is true, all bases for the Christian faith would be on pure experience and human opinion alone. If we can't be sure of the records being literal historicity and the actual 'Word of God' spoken through man, than what is left in a Christian's mind for their faith to stand on apart from their own experiences? Christian authority certainly is dead apart from the authority of the scriptures. Christians, as divided in doctrinal stances as they appear to be, would barely have a shred of commonality apart from the bible. It may even be reasonable to say that Christianity as we know it would not even exist apart from the Christian bible having been compiled and asserted to be the 'Word of God.'
It is very important to see that most, if not all, Christians today would stand to the end on the belief that no truth (especially spiritual or divine) can be known outside of the bible. I repeat the Christian claim for emphasis…
'There is no authority for truth outside of the bible!'
Seeing, then, that the bible is the only true authority on truth that is proposed to be in the world today, there is only one source to seek an answer to the question of the Christian bible being the 'Infallible Word of God'… the bible itself. Its declarations are certainly the only source that can be trusted. Any answer outside of this ultimate authority cannot be trusted. We cannot trust our human reasoning, testimonies of any man or woman, our own experiences, or any other organized authority of any kind. The bible is the source of reliable spiritual and divine truth.
The verses to follow are all from the New Testament for one simple reason. We are discussing Christianity and proving that the Old Testament is the 'Word of God' apart from proving the same for the New Testament does nothing to support Christianity.
In the following, I am only going to highlight the verses that speak of the nature or authority of the scriptures themselves. To simply quote a 'fulfilled' Old Testament scripture or mentioning of another declared scripture speaks not to the nature or authority about scripture itself, but simply states what the scriptures have said. The verses that follow were the only ones I could find that had anything to do with 'scriptures' or 'word' and that may aid us in discovering the truth of how we can be certain that the New Testament is the 'Word of God.'
Let's see what the bible has to say for itself…
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.(2 Timothy 3:14-17)
This is the most definitive verse used to waive the banner of inerrancy. At the time that this was written, however, the New Testament did not exist and it could be strongly argued that Paul was referring only to the Old Testament scriptures. To claim that this verse speaks of the entire 66 book bible that we have today would be taking this verse grossly out of context and reasonable application. One must first decide by faith that the Christian New Testament that we have today is considered to be scripture inspired by God before one can apply the declaration of this verse to it. This verse does not state that the New Testament we hold today is the inerrant or inspired word of God.
To say that scripture is 'god-breathed' or 'inspired' by God may be quite different than scripture being the 'Word of God.' An author named Tom is inspired by another author named Jim. The words of Tom are not inherently the words of Jim, however Jim was the source of inspiration. Adam is 'God-breathed' in Genesis. Does this mean that everything that Adam did, God was doing, or was it Adam, or was it both? Many preachers and writers do work under the anointing or inspiration of God. Does this mean that their very words are the words of God Himself or are they simply inspired? If they are the very words of God Himself, then we must heed the words of anyone 'under inspiration' as if they were spoken by God Himself. (That would become quite interesting.)
This Greek word meaning 'god-breathed' or 'inspired' is a tricky one because it is the only time it is ever used in the New Testament. However, regardless of how we interpret the word 'inspired', this verse does not state that the New Testament we hold today is the inerrant or inspired word of God.
To continue…
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)
But the word of God grew and multiplied. (Acts 12:24)
And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. (Acts 13:44)
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: (Ephesians 6:17)
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. (1 Thessalonians 2:13)
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever. (1 Peter 1:23)
Though all of these verses above speak of the characteristics of the 'word of God,' none of them point to the New Testament being the Word of God. It would seem a stronger and more realistic argument that the 'word of God' is something that cannot be written down, but is an un-seeable or unspeakable force or power that stirs in life and change within an individual. This has little to do with the words on a page that are to be adhered to or words on a page that we are judged by. Though these may be seen as beautiful renditions inspired by the 'word of God,' no where in these verses do they claim to be the words of God themselves. They actually speak to the idea that this 'word of God' either is referencing the Old Testament or has nothing to do with a book at all.
Remember, also, that one must first decide by faith that these verses are the words of God before one can apply the declaration and descriptions of these verses to it. We're still searching for where the bible, today's only sure source of knowing God's truth, gives us the assurance that we're on the right path to stand by the claim of infallibility.
Another verse…
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. (Revelation 22:18-19)
To apply this verse out of a book written by John to the whole of the New Testament would be taking this grossly out of context. He is surly speaking of 'the words of the prophecy of this book.' He is not referencing the 66 book bible we have today, but the book that he had just written. Apart from the decision to place this book at the end, for obvious reasons, we cannot assume that this verse has anything with the other 65 books of the bible.
There isn't much, if anything, left of Christianity apart from the words in the New Testament, but according to 1 Cor. 4:20, should Christians focus so much on the written words?
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. (1 Corinthians 4:20)
This states it quite clearly. The kingdom of God is not in words. The kingdom of God is not found in the words in a book, but, at most, in what the words point to… the power behind the words. So, perhaps 'the world' should give Christians a break and not get so hung up about the bible and what it says. Maybe we should be disregarding what Christians say and start paying more attention to the power that they display because they're living according to the kingdom principles of God. Do Christians provide the answers, solutions, and way to a powerful life that is impossible to be displayed in any other belief system or subculture? Do they display the power that would be expected from the people of the Almighty God?
In Closing
All of the modern Christian tradition rests on the claim that the 66 books of the bible we have today are the inerrant 'Word of God' and that anything spoken outside of this Bible is subject to fault and error in the light of the bible's glorious truth. No where in the 66 books is it ever declared that the Old or New Testament that we have today is the very Word of God. It would actually point that the Word of God is something other than words in a book. Since the modern Christian's claim that their bible is the only sure way of knowing God's perspective and will cannot even be found in the only sure source of knowing truth, then it would stand to reason that the assertion that the bible is the very 'Word of God' to man is simply that… an assertion that can neither be proven nor shown to be the truth by the only book that is claimed to be the only 'Word of God' to man.
To believe that all mankind will be judged by the words written in the bible is a belief that may be argued and supported by much reasoning and rationale. If one wants to believe by faith that it is the only inspired, actual, and literal Word of God to all mankind, than one is free to choose this belief and may even find forms of blessing for so doing. However, one cannot argue with a shred of logic or reason that the 66 book called the Christian bible declares itself to be so.
The belief of infallibility may be derived from various trains of thought. Christians, as I once was, can build grand structures of reasoning from many angles and perspectives to 'prove' that the book is the 'Word of God' as I once did, but in the end we cannot say it is because 'the bible tells me so.'
I do realize how absurd it would for be for anyone to expect that every verse ever written in the bible is preceded by 'Thus saith the Lord' and even if it did, if we were to ask how we can know for sure it comes down to what they say it always comes down to. It's a matter of 'faith.' The faith that is beyond the reasoning mind is the realm that Christianity values and stands firm on. If, then, it always will come down to a matter only to be understood in the faith realm apart from rational reasoning, then it would be most authentic to keep it that way. If it is not by reasoning, but by faith alone, than a Christian Apologist may be an oxymoron. According to the 'by faith' assertion, perhaps the reasoning mind only it's place for those who are coming or have come Out of Christianity.
It seems reasonable to this ex-Christian that the most effective path to winning anyone to the Christian world view is through the tools available within the Christian belief system. Many Christians would agree that faith is the most powerful thing that a Christian has. The Christian world view can only stand on faith without evidence of reason. If this faith is only by the power of God, then it would seem that the use of the reasoning mind is ultimately unreliable for a Christian to give an answer for the hope that is within them and therefore cannot really be expressed in any words. The use of words and communication requires the use of the reasoning mind. Entering into an argument of reasoning is futile and their most sure victory to win the hearts of the world is to use this faith that conquers all reasoning and believe us all into salvation.


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The Braided Sun
The Sun is the center of our Solar System. Scientists have long puzzled over why the surface of the sun is cooler than its corona, the outer hazy atmosphere visible during a solar eclipse. Now thanks to a five-minute observation by a ultraviolet telescope they have some magnetic answers. A rocket-borne camera has provided some of the sharpest images yet of the Sun's corona, the hot layer of gas that extends more than a million kilometers above the solar surface.
A corona is a type of plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other stellar celestial body, extending millions of kilometers into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse. The high temperature of the corona gives it unusual spectral features. These spectral features have since been traced to highly ionized iron (Fe-XIV) which indicates a plasma temperature in excess of 106 kelvin. The fact that the Sun has a million-degree corona was first discovered by Gotrian in 1939 and Bengt Edlén in 1941 by identifying the coronal lines (observed since 1869) as transitions from low-lying metastable levels of the ground configuration of highly ionized metals.
"It's counter-intuitive for us here on Earth because as you go up in altitude, the temperature decreases," says Jonathan Cirtain, an astrophysicist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
For decades, researchers have suspected that powerful magnetic fields are heating the corona. "The Sun's atmosphere is just jam-packed full of magnetic field," says Cirtain. As the lines of those fields cross and twirl, the theory went, they push and pull the charged gas in the corona, giving it the energy that heats it up.
The problem is that nobody has been able to see the magnetic fields in close-up until now. Cirtain and his team have developed the High-resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C), a camera capable of taking pictures of the Sun's corona in fine detail. The imager was placed on board a research rocket at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and flown to the edge of space. It took several minutes to fall to Earth, during which time it took a series of pictures of the Sun.
"Magnetic braiding" is believed to happen when small bundles of magnetic fields become wrapped around each other due to plasma moving around on the sun's surface.
Follow-up observations are needed to learn if the magnetic braiding phenomenon is widespread and how important is it to coronal heating.
"Are twisted-up field lines just all over the place? Do they only happen near inversion layers, where you go from a positive net flux out from the sun's surface to negative net flux into the surface? How prevalent is this structure to the overall sun and how important is it to heating the sun's atmosphere? I think that's the next step that we will take," Cirtain said.
For further information see Braids.
Corona image via NASA.


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It was such a big weekend for the "Nilsson" household. Kamden turned nine months old Saturday and Kyle celebrated his first real Father's Day Sunday. In case I haven't done a good enough job bragging, Kam is crawling or perhaps we should develop a new word that's a mixture of being on all fours and sprinting. Seriously, I can't turn my back for one second, or he's off getting in to trouble. He's also not really "into" his toys anymore. Gone are the days of hanging out on the floor in his room, we've moved on to Mom chasing the little man around the house as he explores plug ins(yikes), and tries to pull himself up on the fireplace(double-yikes!). He's also very much in love with the vacuum cleaner! Loves to chase it around the house.
I am a nervous nelly trying to make sure he doesn't get hurt, it's exhausting!!! Don't get me wrong, it is really fun and amazing to watch him explore, but you don't realize how dangerous the things in your house can be, until you have a baby trying to pull everything over onto himself!
We all had such a great time on Father's Day. We took our boat out on the Rock River, which was a first for us this season and a first for Kamden, ever! He went out on a tiny boat ride a while ago, but it was cold, and nothing like it was over the weekend. Kyle and I kept him in a life jacket whenever we were moving. He was also slathered in 50SPF sunscreen so he wouldn't get burned. He's got no fear of the water, when we stopped, he loved sitting near the shore and playing in and yes, even eating the sand. I thought it fitting to post this picture of my Main Man and our Little Man for Father's Day. Kyle is the best Dad! Kam loves him so.
We take Kam to the doctor for his nine month appointment on Wednesday, and I can't wait. There are some questions I have to ask the pediatrician. Is it "normal" for babies to pull themselves up and stand on their tip-toes? I've been told that can be a sign that something is wrong, developmentally. He seems fine, so I guess we'll just have to see. Also, it looks like he might be just starting to get his first tooth. Is that normal? Are we feeding him enough or too much or at the right times? I know, I always worry, worry, worry… I'll post updates after the appointment.
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Chicago examiner vol x no 21 a m sunday sunday price five gents Chicago xovemreu 21 190 standard oil is wiped out by u s court in drastic order government wins a sweeping victory when circuit judges grant injunction against world's greatest trust — concern is given inirty days to wind up its business and to quit its crushing out of all competition case now goes to the supreme court for a final hearing but lower tribunal's man date presages affirmation st paut mimi ov 20 the gor eniiuent has won its suit ngainst the standard oil compauy the l'ulted states circuit court to-day ordered the corpora tion to be dissolved it boing au illegal corpora lion i.']ie decree u dissolution tai;es effect in uirty dayfe unless suspended by an appeal to the supreiue court of the l'ulted states such an al<lieal will be taken according to idtices received liere from new york i'hirt.v-tluee of the seventy-odd subsid iary corporations of the standard oil com i'ur.y w excepted from the order of dis solution and the bill us against them is dis missed this cis v:is hoard in the united states circuit court at st louis in april 11)09 liy circuit judges simuorh of st paul van devanter of cheyenne hook of lpaven\vorth and auiiins of st louis j judge sni:!)(..ri of st l'uul the presiding j jiui wrote iiie opinion and the decree j in which all the indsro concur and sent ihem with a concurring opinion at judge hook to ji:dge adams of st louis who j hied them niul entered ui decree in that ity this niorhiug tli case was nrgued by frank b kei gg "!' si i'r.nl and charles b morrison of oliicagq ftw the united states and john i mll'min of bnffa-10 i>av!d t watson of fmttsbure murltz rosentliiil of Chicago and john j johnson of philadelphia on beh.iif f the defendants it was brought to en olu john 1 rockefeller william liocke i cllw honry m flagler henry h itogets john d archibold liver h payne charles m pratt the standard oil com rrjiiy of new jersey and about seventy ther corporations from maintaining a combination end conspiring in restraint of trade to monopolize interstate and inter national commerce and the decree grants the injunction sought by the government congress has power to regulate the nature of the case and the character hi the decision appear from the syllabna i judge sanboru's opinion which reads in tbis way congress has power under the commer cial clause of the constitution to regulate and restrict the use in commerce among the several states and with foreign na tions of contracts of the method of hold ing title to property and of every other instrumentality employed in that commerce so far as it may be necessary to do so in order to prevent the restraint thereof de nounced bv the anti-trust act of july isoo 28 siaf m test of the legality of a combination under this act is its necessary effect upon competition in commerce among the states or with foreign nation if its necessary effect is only incident ally or indirectly to restrict that competi tion while its chief result is to foster the trade to increase the business of those wh.i make and operate it it does not vio late that law but if its necessary effect is to stifle or directly nr.i substantially to restrict free competition hi commerce among the states or with foreign nations it is illegal within the mean ing of the statute combination is illegal the combination iu a single corpora tion or person by an exchange of stock of the power of any stockholders hold ing the same proportions respectively of the majority of tlie s;ock of each of the several corporations engaged iu commerce in the same articles among the states or with foreign nations to restrict competi tion therein renders the power thus vested in the former greater inure easily exer cised more durable and more effective petition among tnese corporations anj partnerships in 187!i they and their associates than tbat previously held by the stock holders and it is illej ii trustees rule the trade during the ten years prior to 1879 the seven individual defendants had acquired control of many corporations partnerships and refineries that had been competing in this business had placed the majority ! of the stock of these corporations and th'ii interests in property and business thus ob tained in various trustees to be held and operated by them for the stockholders of the standard oil company of utiio one of ihe nineteen companies in which the individual defendants were principal stock holdtjrs and had thereby suppressed cooi heroic boss tells of week's fight for life in sealed hole eat bark lick coal fan gas as black damp saps vitality by walter waste first three ljvei men to leave ivupme showing how eyes were shielded walter waite whose scientific knowledge saved comrades relates story from start of fire to maddening last moments ghei.ry 111 nov 20 — the most graphic description of tiie lior rors encountered by tiie twenty-one men who were restored 10 their families to-day is contained in a statement made by wal ter waite assistant mine boss waite is a veteran tnin^r and ills scientific knowledge alone probably resulted in the saving oi thete lives • every detail of the straggles oi tfie wen was recorded by the mine boss in a crude diary which he kept sn bite of brown wrapping paper taken from lunch boxes tonight waite described or the examiner just what occurred during the seven days th^.t elapsed between the time he first discovered the fire and the time he was released here is his story as souii as the smoke and flames began to til tiie mine i made a . ruth i'or the bottom along with several otner meu iu one en try 1 found mr eddy and nineteen miners all hurrying in a mad rush to get to the cage i joined them and we pushed on as ras idly as possible in the gathering flcmes and smoke of course none of v.s knew how terrible the fire v,i;s not a miin in the crowd knew of the many forms of death he w«s to encounter withiu a few hours but we had not gone very tar when we discovered all hope of escape in this direction was jjone the cage had goue up and any escape we were to make must be made from another direction eddy and i at once cast about for a place where we could fortify our selves against the terrible black damp and oth gases that we knevr must socn spread through the mine and carry uep.th to every living thing in it rallying our comrades about us we told them of the terrible plight we were in and of the slender chance of ever getting out a.live we told the men that if they ever wanted to see their families again it would be necessary for us to get to the farthest end of the entry just as fast as possible we must get back there av,ay from tliit gas or every one oi us will be done inside of five minutes 1 said the gas will push the air back and the farther back we can get that much safer will be our lives the men all agreed to follow eddy led the way back into the workings it was a sad procession they were all men who were ac customed to meet death iace to face every day but in this way it was new to them i don't suppose thai any of those meu expected to see sunshine again at the tar north en'tfy nearly a mile from the shaft we reached a cleminson found guilty of slaying his wife is given a life sentence verdict dazes the doctor who dumbly watched mother in father's arms mingle their tears witb his mother's arms around his neck and her withered cheek close to his own dr haluaue it*iniuson convicted of slay ins his wife mrs nora jane cleminson with the punishment fixed at life imprison ment sat as one dazed in judge mcsorely's courtroom for ten minutes after the verdict was read in open court at 11:^0 o'clock last night av the convicted man's feet knelt his aged father isaiah cleminson his shoul ders shaking as lie clasped his son's tend j and wept ou it j the tle family group mrs clemiuson tottering but clinging to her boy rose and passed through a lane of wet-eyed spectators into judge ucsurely's chambers win to they were closeted for nearly half an hour meanwhile a motion for a new i trial was made by dr cleminson's attor neys judge in evening dress judge mcsurely in evening dress hav 1 ing fushi il from a banquet at the auditor ium wjn asked when the cleminson case would be taken up again deeply affected by the heart-rending scene between parents and son the judge merely waved the ques tioner away and walked off with bowed head the rending of the verdict was marked by intense dramatic interest the court room w.is ma crowded but scattered about were ninny friends of the elder cleminsons i'he first intimation the waiting spectators had that a verdict had been reached was when judire mcsi;re!y hurried in ntei'ed his chambers find reappeared without his overcoat a few minutes later tha watchers now i keyed to the highest pitch of expectancy saw dr cleailßßou enter his step » ■,^ iui"l his head thrown br.ck his whole demeanor th:u of a person elated with hope he did not speak to ui barents but took lib scar in the chali reserved for him tie defendant you know said lii mother to mrs effecting of dnbnque la.,uu old friend of the family who had come to Chicago to be with mr and mrs oleiiiiuson in the final supreme ordeal we are t'oing to chronology of the cleminson wife chloroforming case may 29 — mrs cleinlnson died that night or early nert morning at her home in sogers bark kay 30 — dr faul hullhorst was called to the clenunson home by dr clsinitieoa early in the morsajr the message from clomijison beiaff i'm dying dector hurry june i—dr.1 — dr cleminson arrested jun e i—dr.1 — dr cleminson confessed to captain kane tn-.t ha had maie up the burglary story to save the honor of his family june 3 — anaa kolb the rirl with the di e amy eyes said to have bses cleminsor.'s affinity was taken to captain kane's office and que3tionetu june 3 — habeas corpus and peti tion for bail denied june ib — inquest into sttrs clem leeoe'e death june 19 — di clcmiusoa held to grand jury which indicts him ■"*> oct 25 — arraigtied bsfore judgo mcsurely on an indictment charging 1 murder wov 30 — round guilty and pun ishment fixed at life imprisonment friends lose hope of astor's safety ships of three nations fail to find any trace of million aire's yacht tampa l'la nov 20.-a submerged wreck sighted by captain hans schlaikicr of the erman steamship wotan in lati tude 2;i:-l longitude si west is believed by mariners to he colonel john ia'"ol astor's yacht noarmahal captain sehlstt kier passed tlie wreck tuesday morning at 11 o'clock en route to tampa from nipe bay cuba according to the wotan's captain the vessel wm sonic distance out of his course and there was much shn;,l water between his vessel and the ill-fateil craft he did not set close enough t ascertain the mi uo or identify tlie vessel i.tlnvwiso only :> portion of the masts being above water the vessel had evidently been blown . l its course and it was in a cuauiiel never used the fact that no other vessel has been reported missing as a result uf he recent storm confirms the belief that this is the xourmahal at the time she is supposed to have encountered the storm she was en route from port antonio jamaica to san juan porto ttlco i'o-nij.'ht the wireless station was fut lii.-'hcd with e latitude and longitude of the submcigcd vessel and is now iu search of tlie i'nited states revenue cutter algon quin to sei'd her to the spot up to ;; late hour the algtmqiifti had not been » located hut other ships had been spoken to and all were notined of the submerged vessel and asked to keep a lookout tor hev , friends lose hope xi'w youk nov 20 with a score or more of vessels hashing wireless messages into either yart of the west indies in the moid thorough search of the seas in histo-.-y and eneh failing to bud i tra.-e of the nourmahal the friends of i<il;u jacob a.-ror cud hu sbn re beginuing to lose hope all to-n'g'at lights gleamed in tije offices 20 alive in mine saved hope for 100 more tappings heard early this * morning near main shaft 40 bodies taken cut to fa cilitate search for living all hope is gone when rescuers lights come i searchers find leaders of the starving and suffocating group buried a week grop ing their way to the shaft build barrier against smcke a,md await end | entombed m*n si.ig hymns pray and hear sermon be fore linking dash which weans life or dosih chebry 111 nov 21 2 a bl — eeconnoitsririg parties report that fahit tapprngs have been heard on the walls of the soiitu shaft at i the second vein it is believed that other miners ni'-ty yx imprisoned ! there the bodies oi ioi ty miners are be ing removed from the east entry to the second vein in order to facili tate the search lor the ivni ; chbqby '::.. y ; ■_:,.. t-..v .:; meu j:i!ive niul v>!"t,«i-!it:v.-l wfet hrt'e m i-.-u i from he:i grarif i before ■-.'.■»■'-, ",],; "- v einp iii 1 «'. ic.-i i ■■1 ;;,... folkwveii thorn in nrisii fsoiu the fiery gepultfher iu : which ley have >«•'•« .•>..,;•;: i bere i\t seven hiss in tliesti s.;voji uiiys .;.,- ea^rced men have i passed tliroi'^i a horn thu like ot which i seldom iiu-i beep equaled iu fiction wttboqt ifeujl heal or i.a - eu iir iiip uwu j guawed ut bark cxoio roga qaed fot s ■j j ports in the minus erected an earth wall i to protect themselves frbm the deadly ij!;i k 1 dam oftiic mine afill successfully fous.it | off the dealt that appeared so lmminei t j uniil they finally were rescued aiiortir after i nsotl timlil.v i cherry to-iiißui prexeuu .. a re mnrknhte contrast to the otrlekeu villag of su hours s\jfi that the mind ean-pv i tare from the very depths i despair ! the women f.ml children of the town nutfl n few hours ago almost thu entire pop ulation oi the rlllngu swideal have lio t-oiiie almost fnsnneiy happy women who :• feu bburs u ver ] hysterical or dnmb with grief to-night art r marching the si.-et;ts sufeing shouting oi lqnletl holding the hands of tlie men nlic have been snatched i'vom lue grave j joyous village will burn coffins j :;'(■■! :■.}' iu the morgue aiv scores uf j'ulai-k eoflius rlv.t will be throw u out to lie horned thu u;eu m in were to liuvt been burled la ui«;u to-morrow or momlaj jari sented at their own firesides with tuelr j families j tue miraalc or the retutulug iniuerf | could not have been greater i msi t j the nilncls of the cifizpus of f uerry if they actually had been placed iu via then had voli'iiim'ily returned to life jiiut i experts from nearly tvt-ry state in tht union this morning ridiculed lie onus who were bolu enough to suggest thut li s.ili^j existed in the depths <>' the mine that tllefle s.-une experts are leaamg ra jconooltering crews into tue faraway dnit of trie mine shows that they u-e convinced more men are alive in it but the men who have returned to life nan thiink only themselves and the kcien title knowledge of one of their number fdc the fact that they are alive it was through their own heroic efforts ibat they were saved from suffocation in the mine from the moment 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Chicago examiner vol x no 21 a m sunday sunday price five gents Chicago xovemreu 21 190 standard oil is wiped out by u s court in drastic order government wins a sweeping victory when circuit judges grant injunction against world's greatest trust — concern is given inirty days to wind up its business and to quit its crushing out of all competition case now goes to the supreme court for a final hearing but lower tribunal's man date presages affirmation st paut mimi ov 20 the gor eniiuent has won its suit ngainst the standard oil compauy the l'ulted states circuit court to-day ordered the corpora tion to be dissolved it boing au illegal corpora lion i.']ie decree u dissolution tai;es effect in uirty dayfe unless suspended by an appeal to the supreiue court of the l'ulted states such an al
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America meets Mexico in Ohio in World Cup qualifiers
CHICAGO The U.S. will play its fourth consecutive home World Cup qualifier against Mexico at Columbus, Ohio.
The U.S. Soccer Federation announced the sites of remaining home qualifiers on Thursday, saying it will host Panama at Seattle on June 11; Honduras at Sandy, Utah, on June 18; Mexico at Columbus on Sept. 10; and Jamaica at Kansas City, Kan., on Oct. 11.
After losing 2-1 at Honduras last month in the opener of the final round of North and Central America and the Caribbean, the U.S. meets Costa Rica tonight at Commerce City, Colo., then plays Tuesday at Mexico. The top three nations qualify for the 32-nation field in Brazil next year, and the No. 4 team advances to a playoff, likely against New Zealand.
Brazil seeking UN aid to help it host the World Cup
SAO PAULO World Cup organizers in Brazil say they have signed a $17 million deal with the United Nations to help host the tournament.
The U.N. will provide temporary structures outside the stadium to house support services and provide some security services.
Local organizers in Brazil have been under pressure from FIFA and others because of delays in preparations and construction of stadiums.
Serena Williams routs, while Sloane Stephens recovers
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. Playing again at No. 1, Serena Williams routed Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-1, 6-1 Thursday in the second round of the Sony Open.
This is Williams first tournament since she regained the No. 1 ranking at the Qatar Open. Williams lost the Doha final to Victoria Azarenka but later overtook her for the top ranking.
Sloane Stephens was blanked in the first set but beat Olga Govortsova of Belarus 0-6, 6-4, 6-4. Stephens is ranked 16th, the highest-ranked American after Williams.
Polands Agnieszka Radwanska, the defending champion who is seeded fourth, defeated Taiwans Su-Wei Hsieh 6-3, 6-2 in the second round.
First day of Arnold Palmer features a Rose in the Wood
ORLANDO, Fla. Justin Rose started out as another guy in Tiger Woods group Thursday at Bay Hill. He wound up in the lead.
Rose put on a clinic with the putter and ran off four consecutive birdies late in his round of 7-under 65 in Orlando, Fla. That gave him a four-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational among those who played early in a chilly breeze. It marked only the sixth time in 31 rounds at Bay Hill that Rose broke 70.
Woods didnt fare too badly in his bid to win Bay Hill for the eighth time. He opened with a 69, despite two out of three bogeys from the greenside bunkers.
A bogey-free walk in the Park at the LPGA Kia Classic
CARLSBAD, Calif. Jane Park shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 to take the lead after the opening round of the Kia Classic on Thursday at Aviara.
Park, who lives in Rancho Cucamonga and went to UCLA, had a one-stroke lead over Caroline Hedwall and Karrie Webb.
Stacy Lewis, playing her first round since taking over the No. 1 spot in the world from Yani Tseng, who was disqualified after missing her pro-am tee time Wednesday, was four shots off the lead after a round that she called frustrating.
Ski Racing
A record 16 for Mancuso at U.S. Alpine Championships
SQUAW VALLEY, Calif. Julia Mancuso raced to her record 16th title in the U.S. Alpine Championships, winning the giant slalom Thursday in her hometown.
The Olympic gold medalist beat World Cup slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin by 0.88 seconds in the opening event of the four-day competition.
Tim Jitloff won the mens giant slalom for his fourth U.S. title.
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The title of Kaya McLarens third novel is reminiscent of Terry McMillans How Stella Got Her Groove Back and the topic is similar, too.
How I Came to Sparkle Again is also a double entendre. The main character is trying to get back to a familiar physical place as well as return to a positive emotional and personal space.
The first of the three main characters is Jill Anthony, whose life reads like a country-western song. Having just suffered a grievous, life-changing loss, she finds herself driving a recently purchased used car to Sparkle, a fictional Colorado Rocky Mountain ski town where Jill grew up with her Uncle Howard, the local skiing and reading guru. Sparkle offers Jill a safe and comfortable place to heal her wounds.
Lisa Carlucci is Jills best friend who has been trying to get Jill to return to Sparkle from Texas, where shes lived for the last 10 years. Jill and Lisa are expert skiers, and Texas has a shortage of snow and mountain runs. Lisa is at a crossroads in her personal life as well and could use some support from her friend. Lisa is tired of the string of men who have been running through her life in a series of meaningless encounters. She is finally ready for that missing life force, love, to be an important presence in her life.
The final main character is Cassie Jones, a precocious 10-year-old who has lost her mother, Kate, to breast cancer. Cassie is having a hard time dealing with her anger and loss and cant accept how unfair life is.
Cassie and her father, Mike, are trying to figure out where their lives are going from here. Mike is a EMT/firefighter who works long shifts and needs a reliable sitter to watch Cassie. Mikes work is tough, and he is finding it difficult to help families who lose loved ones when he is still dealing with his own loss.
This novel deals with love and loss and the many different ways people cope, move on and then hopefully heal. It is about characters trying to find their way to a new norm with the help of some unlikely friends. Jill gets unexpected support from her roommates in her new digs, known locally as The Kennel.
She rents a room in a trailer next door to Lisa. Her three male roommates work on the mountain and each one has a dog named after a beer. Cleanliness is not a strong point of the roomies, a situation that the nurse in Jill finds hard to tolerate. But one of her roommates helps her get a job on the mountain in the infirmary.
Then she begins working for Mike after Cassies old babysitter quits. Thus, this disparate group discovers ways to help each other heal.
McLaren has created some great secondary characters. Her setting feels familiar with its scenic mountains, tourists, ski bums and crazy winter activities (read Snowdown) that help the locals survive the rigors of winter.
McLaren provides an insiders perspective into the workings of a small town that relies on a tourist industry, something to which many in Durango can relate.
This story is entertaining and moving, and the characters and their life situations range from comedic to mundane to outright tragic.
How I Came To Sparkle Again is an engrossing novel that is heartfelt, entertaining and a fun read.
Freelance reviewer Leslie Doran may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP > Vandever Mountain > Climber's Log
Vandever Mountain Climber's Log
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|Farewell Gap
Date Climbed: Oct 20, 2013
|Splendid fall hike.
|Posted Oct 23, 2013 12:58 pm
|via NW ridge
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2013
|Hiked with Jean. Camped at meadow for one night.
|Posted Sep 9, 2013 2:07 am
|From Farewell Gap
Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2013
|Nice day to do the Florence / Vandever combo. Should have descended the NW ridge instead of taking the looong return back via the Farewell Gap trail
|Posted Jun 24, 2013 3:50 pm
|Quick Peak Bagging Trip
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2012
|Hit up Vandever on the morning of the 4th before returning home for grilling and fireworks!
|Posted Jul 5, 2012 2:43 am
|From Falcon
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2011
|Part of a counter-clockwise tour of most of the Mineral King area peaks. Trip report
|Posted Feb 4, 2012 1:36 pm
|NW Ridge
Date Climbed: Oct 30, 2011
|Climbed with Andre. Having ascended via the north west ridge and descended via Farewell Gap, the north west ridge is by far the better ascent route. The route from Farewell Gap is a talus schlog.
|Posted Oct 31, 2011 1:15 pm
|From Farewell Gap
Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2011
|It was a fairly miserable talus slog, but the great views at the top were an excellent reward.
|Posted Sep 6, 2011 2:51 am
|Farewell Gap
Date Climbed: Sep 4, 2010
|Part of a dayhike with Florence Peak. The scree/talus slope up from Farewell Gap is thankfully more solid than it looks.
|Posted Sep 7, 2010 3:24 pm
|Up from Farewell Gap and down the NW ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2010
|Been backpacking in White chief for most of my life - always wanted to stand on this summit. Russ and drove up from Fresno/Clovis around 4:00 to make the trailhead by 7:00 and summit by 11:30. It was great to stand on top!
|Posted Aug 7, 2010 4:37 pm
|From Farewell Gap
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010
|Great dayhike from Mineral King via Farewell Gap with Jason and Jon. I was really impressed with the great views of the other Mineral King peaks, the Kaweahs, the Whitney group and the Golden Trout Wilderness.
|Posted Jul 31, 2010 7:19 pm
|From Farewell Gap
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010
|Dayhike from Mineral King.
|Posted Jul 27, 2010 1:13 pm
|Farewell Gap
Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2010
|Camped at ~9450' and headed up to Farewell Gap the next day. From there climbed up the talus to the summit. Skied from near the summit down towards White Chief Bowl, but there wasn't enough snow. Skied the slopes to the south, climbed back up to the summit and skied slopes to the southeast and back around to Farewell Gap. Terrible suncups back down to camp. Great views!
|Posted Jun 21, 2010 11:11 am
|Bob Burd
|NW Ridge
Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2006
|Climbed the rather tame NW Ridge with Matthew, then followed the ridgeline around to the west to a few more peaks. Trip Report
|Posted Oct 3, 2008 11:56 am


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Oklahoma seems to have a knack for finding the few receivers in the country who would rather keep things quiet than talk endlessly like so many of their counterparts. However when the newest Sooner, Inglewood, Calif. standout Derrick Woods, made his decision to become a Sooner public his brevity was as noticeable as his meaning.
"I just committed to Oklahoma. Boomer Sooner!" Woods said via text early Wednesday morning.
Later, SoonerScoop.com had a chance to catch up with the nation's No. 98 overall prospect to see just what he had to say about his commitment. Though he may not always itch to talk about himself, it was clear Woods could do little to contain his excitement about his future as a Sooner.
"Well, I had been thinking about it for a minute, I just felt that Oklahoma was the right place for me," he explained. "Talking to my friends, I told them 'yeah it's far from home but it's another home for me'. I felt like I would be comfortable and that I made the right decision."
It was that level of comfort that wasn't just created by the coaches and players but Woods says it was the entire community of Norman that made him feel most at home. A comfort that came about even though Woods admits the cold weather on his official visit weekend of Nov. 26 was a deterrent from getting to meet even more people around the campus.
"I mean, it's not really the weather, I didn't get to do much but that wasn't really a big deal, Oklahoma is a great school and a great place for football and the town and the type of people that are there make it cool," he said.
While his comments may center on a broader picture of the people around campus, there is no question that fellow Californians Tony Jefferson and Kenny Stills played a big role in his choice. In particular, the chance to spend some time under the tutelage of Stills was meaningful to Woods.
"Yeah, they told me once I come in that they would take care of me and the transition would be easy you know the waking up and the workouts, and that's what we we're going to do. They were just going to help me get to work," he said.
"I mean (working with Stills) that's good for me. Actually, that's how I started Shaquelle Evans that was at my school and I kind of watched and critiqued what he was doing so I learned faster."
Woods, who will be visited by Jay Norvell tonight, says that when he informed the fourth-year Sooner assistant that he had plans to become a Sooner he couldn't stop himself from loosing his normally cool demeanor.
"He was going wild, he was saying how exciting it was and was just really happy about it. He was telling me how good he felt about it," Woods recalled.
Woods says on the visit his mom is simply wanting to know about Oklahoma's academic situation and what plans Norvell has for her son, who is thinking of majoring in business.
Such peace of mind is even more important for a parent sending their child so far from home, which again brings the question of what it was that made Woods so sure he wanted to get farther from home.
"I just wanted to try something new," he said. "Actually, I'm used to the south, when it's hot it's hot, when it's cold, it's cold. I used to stay in Alabama, so I know what it's like down there."
But even with that distance, Woods left no doubt about the degree of his commitment.
"That's official, it's not changing."


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What is YOUR best off season moves for the Knicks based on their cap space and the projected 56.1 Million cap for the 2010 season.
If the projected cap numbers stick, this will leave the knicks with a few possible salary scenarios and everything being equal; this is MY best lineup and the numbers to make it work.
The Knicks will have 17.7 mill on the books for 2010 so that will leave them about 38.4 mill under the cap. They also have 2 trade exceptions valued at 3.27 million that can be added to the cap giving them roughly 41.6 mill to play with. The Knicks can either sign 2 Max salaries and have nothing left to spend beside the league minimum and Curry's expiring contract to fill out their roster or they can do a combination of 1 max free agent and 2 mid level agents plus use Curry's expiring contract to nab another mid level guy or use the whole cap to sign 4-6 mid level guys.... Looking at the what guys are on the market (either as free agents or being shopped around) I think the Knicks should take advantage of this market and sign 1 max (Only if that is LaBron or Dirk Nowitski) and 2-3 mid level guys and here is my wish list.
Starting off with 42.6 million plus Curry's 11.3 remaining contract:
Sign and trade David Lee for Tony Parker
Why? In Dantoni's system he needs a pure 1; someone that can general the floor and Tony Parker is the best available guard to do it and he is a top PG in the NBA; a opportunity that doesn't come often.
Parker has 13.5 Mil left on his contract and I would see if SA does a straight Lee for Parker sign and trade deal. we will say Lee is sign for the exact amount as Parker for easier math (reality it would be a give or take by a mil or 2).
42.6 - 13.5 = 29.1
Trade Curry's expiring contract to NO for Okafor.
Okafor 2010 salary is 11.5 and Curry is is 11.3
Okafor is a defensive big man at 6' 11" and I would move him back to his natural position at the 4 and with his strength and quickness combo, he should be tremendous force at the 4.
We end up loosing about 1 mill on the deal leaving us with 29....
Sign Tyson Chandler for 5 years 50 million and back load it so first year is 8 mil and that is what counts towards the 2010 cap.
If Chandler is close to healthy he is a 7' 1" 5 that is versatile and a shot blocking machine. With Chandler at the 5 and Okafor at the 4, they are quick enough to run with Dantoni's offense and able to defend their positions.
This will leave us with 21 Million.
Try to sign LaBron. If LaBron signs out right for the max, that would be 5 years @ 96.2. That divided by 5 is 19.24 a year. If the Kicks back loaded the contract, they could knock that down to about 17 mil towards the 2010 cap.
That would give the Knicks around 4 mil to still fill out the roster.
If the Knicks work out a sign and trade deal with Cleveland to sign LaBron to the Team max 6 year 126 Mil or 21 mil a year; the Knicks could still back load it and knock that number down to about 19 mil for 2010 leaving the Knick 2 Million to fill out the roster. The Knicks could try to include a player in the deal, like Chandler @ 2.1 mill and keep in mind that id they renounce the rights to Rodriguez they get back 2.8 mil and then he is an unrestricted free agent.
Worst case scenario (LaBron @ 6 years salary):
Wilson Chandler
Tony Douglas
4.9 Mil to fill out the rest of the spots (Based on the fact there is no way they keep Rodriguez).
Best Scenario (James at 5 year salary):
Wilson Chandler
Tony Douglas
8.9 Mil to fill out the rest of the spots (Again, based on the fact there is no way they keep Rodriguez).
Depending on the remaining cap space, I would try to sign Drew Gooden to come off the Bench for the 5/4 spots or even see if we could land Ray Allen with the remaining money.
I think we will get the most bang for our buck this way and this team would make it to the finals!!


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Best Way To Store Media - LittleFatMan - 2012-05-07
I am running into a problem that seems to be common in my life. I am running out of space!
Now, I am not as weighty as some of your hardcore users out there. I have 2 external drives that total 5TB of space. I am contemplating buying yet another external, but I have been thinking, "There has got to be a better way."
Any advice? I am not super tech savvy and tend to doubt my ability to build a RAID doohickey. Not do to lack of intelligence, but lack of time. Also, I travel and move a lot so lugging about a huge tower like contraption is out.
Is there some simple consumer level product that could help me out? A few months ago a friend had a nifty gadget: plug it into a USB port and swap in an internal hard drive like it was an old school Nintendo and the internal drives were game cassettes.
Thanks for your help, I do appreciate it!
RE: Best Way To Store Media - Dam0 - 2012-05-07
um, where to start?....
if you want to keep a bunch of drives and have them kinda portable, then your only real option is a N.A.S. system. you can buy them already populated with hdds, plugin, configure shares with web browser, has single gbit lan socket and a power socket, couldnt be any simpler.
when you fill the drives, you simply buy another NAS, and plug it into the lan,setup new shares and away you go.
if you move, the nas is usually much smaller then your desktop computer and only has 2 x cables to pack.
if money is an issue, why not just plug your 2 or 3TB drives internally in your desktop pc, then only have to move one box when its time to move on. most desktops will fit minimum of 5 3.5" hdds internally, also this option will help conserve energy, since the drives can be managed to spindown when not in use by your OS.
i hope this helps,
RE: Best Way To Store Media - Ned Scott - 2012-05-07
Sounds like your friend had something like a Drobo. Very easy to use, hot swappable, and you can mix drive types and sizes.
RE: Best Way To Store Media - TapRackPull - 2012-05-07
I'm thinking your friend had something like this...
SATA to USB connection.
Accommodates 2.5 and 3.5 HDDs.
It only allows for 1 HDD at a time, but if you have an idea of what is on each drive, and know what you want to watch, it could work quite well.
For sale at Newegg.com for $38.99
RE: Best Way To Store Media - vinistois - 2012-05-07
I had an unraid build which sucked back a bunch of my time and energy, and ended up having 4 cooked western digital drives. It was mostly my mistakes, the drives were not ideal for an unraid environment. But the software made troubleshooting very painful.
In the end I bought a QNAP 419p+. LOVE this unit. Stuffed it with 4 x 2TB drives.
Buy one with 3 brand new drives, transfer over all your data from your external drives, then use your external as a secondary backup for your important files.
There are similar products from other manufacturers such as Dlink and Drobo. The QNAP is quite popular, and works very well for me and others. I set it up (very quickly and easily) for RAID-5 with a hot spare. This way if I have a drive die, then the hot-spare instantly comes online without intervention.
I also installed "crashplan" on it, which is a very affordale cloud backup system. It keeps my 'photos' share continuously backed up to the cloud. I also sync a share which contains system images of all my computers, which I replace monthly.
RE: Best Way To Store Media - Diggs - 2012-05-07
I faced this same issue and jumped in with an unraid server. Unlike vinistois, my experience has been great. Granted I have only been running Unraid for a few weeks now, but it resolved my storage issues and was really easy to set up. It did take some time to get all the drives ready, then copy the data over and for it to complete building parity, but it did all this while I was sleeping or at the office. So, yes it can take some time, but if you can follow some basic directions (and if you are running xbmc you can) it's not difficult and is a great solution.
Cost was a bit high, but I am happy I didn't go with a Drobo which was even more expensive. The main cost was the actual drives, so all NAS solutions are a bit pricey simply because of the current cost of hard drives. Glad they are starting to return to reasonable prices. I almost jumped on the QNAP NAS as well, but prefer the unraid parity method versus a typical RAID 5 setup. IMO it just seems a better solution for redundancy if that is your goal. If not, then the speed of a RAID 5 setup might be the better solution for you.
TapRackPull is very likely correct about what your friend has. I have a Dual version of the BlacX which can handle 2 drives at a time via USB 2.0 or Esata. Works great for a quick easy desktop solution for swaping drives externally. I have noticed my drives tend to get a bit warm in it for some reason, but it does what it advertises and does that very well.
RE: Best Way To Store Media - couto27 - 2012-05-08
currently i have 2x 3 TB inside the htpc.
i still have 4 x3.0 ports + 2x 2.0 + 1 x sata
but im also considering a NAS
I've check the best models around and I'm considering the synology 712+ ( 2 bays) possible to expand to 21TB, this model because its superfast in streaming with 2x ethernet gigabyte ports.
NASes with similar performance cost double.
its future proof for 3D streaming.
by the way... avoid the wd caviar green to RAID or NAS.
if money is a issue, i would go to 3TB seagate goflex, seagate sells a thunderbolt adapter (2,5 or 3,5) also future proof.
RE: Best Way To Store Media - PatK - 2012-05-08
(2012-05-07, 20:03)TapRackPull Wrote: I'm thinking your friend had something like this...
Something to consider, 4-3.5" drives at the same time although there is no redundancy.. it is simple.
RE: Best Way To Store Media - Diggs - 2012-05-10
Since this thread was discussing the docks out there, figured I would pass this deal along.
It's a very good price but it is E-sata and USB 2.0. I would pick up another at this price if it has USB 3.0 capability.
RE: Best Way To Store Media - LittleFatMan - 2012-05-24
(2012-05-07, 13:24)Dam0 Wrote: why not just plug your 2 or 3TB drives internally in your desktop pc
Hmmm.....one thing I have been considering is probably beyond my technical expertise, but what's life without pushing personal boundaries now & then...
About a year ago a friend of mine talked me into building a bitcoin miner together (read: I finance he builds) Now that bitcoin miner is sitting in a closet gathering dust, and I have considered converting it into storage for my media collection.
How are would it be to take apart the external drives, throw them into a stripped out/re-purposed bitcoin miner, adding more internal drives, and getting it all set up. Do I have a snowball's chance?
RE: Best Way To Store Media - Dips - 2012-05-24
Will an OpenELEC system running with 2GB RAM slow down much if you start using some of its 500GB space to store movies etc?
My external USB is starting to get filled and all this sounds complex.
RE: Best Way To Store Media - rcloud - 2012-05-24
I am using and have been happy with the Sans-Digital hard drive enclosures, which range from 4 to 8 hard drive bays.
RE: Best Way To Store Media - Diggs - 2012-05-24
(2012-05-24, 08:24)LittleFatMan Wrote:(2012-05-07, 13:24)Dam0 Wrote: why not just plug your 2 or 3TB drives internally in your desktop pc
Ok, seems like you want to take this system (bit coin system) and re-purpose it as a file server? Is that correct? Or do you want to use it for both bit coin and file server?
I have no knowledge of what a bit coin system requires or what specs you have on that system, but that needs to be explained a bit more for us to answer your question. How many external drives are there, and what models do you have? Removing the actual HD and converting it to an internal drive is typically simple, but some brands are more tricky than others. I would suggest you open one of the external units and see what it looks like. It may simply need the wiring to be disconnected, or it might take a bit more than that.
What operating system are you considering for the file server? How many drives do you have and what are their sizes and brands? How many internal drive ports do you have on the mother board? It doesn't take much horsepower to make a file server that will work well with XBMC, but more details are needed to determine if what you want to do is feasible.


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Main Event, founded in 1998, sees an opportunity for continued growth with the formula it's established for high-volume FECs, which typically profile at anywhere from 50,000 to 75,000 square feet. The concept is simple: eat, bowl and play, to paraphrase its slogan. The execution is a bit more complicated.
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Next up on the list for Main Event is a location in Stafford, in the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area. Located in the popular Fountain on the Lake shopping center off U.S. Highway 59 and South Kirkwood Rd., the facility will mark a departure for the growing FEC operation. The biggest change: It will move away from its traditional anchor model by "infusing" design elements, unlike any of the other sites in its portfolio.
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Another year has gone by. I've now been blogging for over 2 years, and while I haven't had time to post every other day as I'd like to, my posts this year were some of my personal best.
As every year passes, and we arrive at New Years Eve, everyone thinks about the last 365 days of their lives and how each one has changed them. We also think about the next 365 days, and refresh our passions and drive for goals in the upcoming year.
For me, 2012 has been a year of lessons. A year full of experiences, some which ended the way I was hoping, and others ending in ways I couldn't have ever imagined (both good and bad). However when I look back on every decision I made, everything I consciously participated in, I regret nothing. So to close out 2012, I'd like to share 12 lessons I learned this year – things I learned by making mistakes, taking risks and putting myself out there.
12 Lessons Learned in 2012
- Life is about nothing but relationships. Your relationships with other people, and especially your relationships with yourself. And not about shoes or clothes or cars.
- Reading books can actually change your perception on life. You can leave your own mind and travel through someone else's thoughts page by page – and your view on life and what matters can be altered by just a few amazing books.
- You are lucky to have even one good, old friend. So many people don't even have this. A family member that you actually chose. Appreciate this/these people.
- You cannot rely on anyone else to make you happy. You may think you can, but eventually you'll realize that the only person who can make you happy is you.
- Sometimes a night out drinking too much with good friends and dancing like an idiot the the cure-all. You can make better decisions tomorrow.
- You can't solve all your problems at the same time. You have to tackle them one at a time.
- Sometimes things happen with no explanation at all, and you have to let it go. This has been my hardest lesson yet.
- Don't stress about things you can't control. This is much easier said than done.
- People will disappoint you. It's part of life (and dating, and friendships). Know that this will happen for the rest of your life. And people will also surprise you, in a good way, sometimes.
- Forgive your parents. And your best friends.
- Some of my worst decisions have been my most memorable moments. Bad decisions make good stories.
- Happiness is actually about little moments, not big ones. You'd think that a huge anticipated moment would affect your satisfaction with life, however it's the sum of little daily moments that actually do.


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Inventory system
the issue[edit]
there are many many things at the space ... some them are peoples property, some of it is free to use .. some of it is involved in projects ..... keeping track of this is difficult. so lets have computers do it for us
tag everything with randmoly generated QR codes automatically make a wiki page for the object once it's scanned for the first time (note wiki does something like this already .. if you go to a non-existent page it invites you to create it ) and create a machine at the space that's set up to read these codes and edit the wiki.
thoughts on hardware[edit]
easiest to get would be a PC with a webcam and a (touch?) screen maybe plus a keyboard and a mouse or trackball for data entry
Wouldn't a tablet or smartphone for scanning the object be better, then allow people to edit it themself on the wiki? Write a simple android app for it and off you go? (just my thought)
thoughts on th QR-codes[edit]
we can print QR codes in advance on a label that also alowes you to take notes we can also print the string human-readable under or next to the code in order to allow someone without smartphone to read it (when teh box at the space is not available)
keep the string quite short so even low quality cameras can read it. 5 digit string of letters and numbers (to keep something user-readable) should give us about 60.466.176 to tag (should be enough for now
google app engine has an automated QR code generator .. you call it by goint to this URL ..http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=300x300&chl=yourstring&chld=H%7C0 (replacing yoursting with whatever you want)
thought on the wiki[edit]
possible pluses[edit]
if we're using a webcam to read a qr-ode we might also use that webcam to take a picture of the object
list of usable technologies[edit]
zbar (Linux APP) has both a zbarimg (recognizes QR codes in an image) and zbarcam (recognizes QR codes on a webcam) the app just returns the QR code in a textstring .. so we'll have to do something with that
MAYBE usefull links[edit]
Proof of concept[edit]
zbarcam >> qrlog & tail -f qrlog | ./browserscript
#!bin/bash while read line do i=$(echo $line | sed 's/QR-Code://g'); iceweasel $i done