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Mistrial declared in Detroit cop's fatal shooting of 7-year-old girl
Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway dismissed jurors after they couldn't reach a unanimous verdict on the third day of deliberations
By Ed White
Associated Press
DETROIT — A judge Tuesday declared a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a Detroit police officer who fatally shot a 7-year-old girl.
Wayne County Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway dismissed jurors about an hour after urging them to keep working Tuesday. The jury sent three notes, the last one indicating it still couldn't reach a unanimous verdict on the third day of deliberations.
Joseph Weekley, a member of an elite squad, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones.
Prosecutors said Weekley neglected to control his submachine gun as his black-clad, masked and armed unit stormed the home in the hunt for a murder suspect in May 2010. They did not accuse him of intentionally shooting the girl.
Police threw a stun grenade through a window, and Weekley was the first officer through the door. Aiyana was shot in the head just a few seconds later as she slept on a couch.
Weekley said he pulled the trigger during a struggle with the girl's grandmother, but Mertilla Jones denied interfering with the gun.
Weekley's unit was being shadowed by a crew from the reality TV show, "The First 48," a police reality show on A&E Networks.
Earlier Tuesday, loud voices could be heard through the closed door of the jury room. Reporters and spectators awaiting a verdict were then ordered out of the courtroom.
The jury could have convicted Weekley of involuntary manslaughter, a lesser crime or cleared him of all charges.
The judge listed several factors for the jury to consider on the involuntary manslaughter charge. To convict, the jury must find he acted in a "grossly negligent manner" and willfully disregarded possible injuries to others by failing to control his submachine gun.
Copyright 2013 Associated Press


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and it's about time for me to make the tea, so I might take my leave too
Have a good trip Max
I suspect we are the only ones left now
What a strange custom....
This is the third "roving chaplain" we've had in the last couple of years -- I think it's my job to minister to them -- they spend all day visiting with people listening to their problems -- so when they get to me they have a bit of a break to sit back and listen to me waffle on about the cool things tha tare happening in the world of technology :-)
The building in which I have my office pays for a roving pastor to visit with everyone -- and we just got a new one and it wa shis first day and he was sucked into the space-time vortex tha tis my office...
I hope that chaplain was not the bearer of bad news....
Sorry about that
I'm back....
The World Series will end tonight.
At All Bye great chatting to you all
cheers Duane, Adam
@crusty hmmmm tasty
YEah I should run to bye all
Bye Duane
I've got to run. Good chatting with everyone.
It makes a lot of sense,
@duane ther seems to be a nice sub £20 board from Cyprus may try that one as well
@David part description is ICE40HX1K-STICK-EVN ICE40-HX1K, ICESTICK, EVAL KIT
The last few years, all of the MCU companies jumped on the inexpensive development board bandwagon. Now it seems the FPGA companies are too.
@David : cheap Lattice development FPGA board
@crusty what is an IceStick?
I'd love to get to a few of these shows but for now will just aim for DW14 (EELive)
At Last my IceStick has been shipped from Farnell, more play coming up
@Duane...well at least you got to the bottom of it eventually. Ground noise can be a real pig. Recalls....I once went thru a lot of hoops to fix a washing machine then saw a recall notice for them....fortunately the refunded me for the parts, but not for my labour....
DeignCon does look interesting,
@David, last week of January in Silicon Valley. I will be moderating two panels.
@MB That's in January, right?
That's DesignCon
@David, for me the candy store is DesignCon.
@MS243 hope that has notihing to do with the fact that she's FORMER
David - ""guys looking after the cars who know a lot less about electronics than we do....."
I hear that. I once brought a car back to the dealer because of some ground noise in the radio. I explained to the mechanics three or four times, that it was gound noise, and the easiest way to hear it was to turn the radio on with the volume all the way down. Every time they said: "There's no problem. I turned the volume way up and din't hear any noise." About six months later I got a recall notice because of a grounding problem in the radio wiring harness.
@Rick sounds like you're like a kid in a candy store there...
rick How many layers and components
@David -- (My former sister -in -laws friend)
Back in just a couple more minutes...
Crusty we had great fun sadly until I move to a free country I will not be doing it again
@MS243.. "Once I helped a hooters waitress " How come that sort of thing never happens to me?? :-)
Duan I thought that lucky disconnecting the car battery solved it but it shows how a simple blue tooth can cause trouble with cars
@Duane..that's what worries me...you have guys looking after the cars who know a lot less about electronics than we do.....
@Adam : Icing Sugar and an oxygen liberating chemical was good in my youth
Once I helped a hooters waitress who was troubleshooting here car with a can of starter fluid -- in her work outfit -- good way to get burned
Adam - That sounds expensive.
David - I'd say I'm a lot better off with new cars. I may be lucky with cars, but I've only had one case of an electronic car stranding me away from home. A crank shart position sensor worked it's way loose. It actaully stranded me twice, but the second time was because the mechanic put the replacemnt on backwards.
Crusty me to we used to have blowing things up parties
@Duane I like explody
Davis, Crusty - I used to use a propane torch to find such leaks. I'd open the valve but not light it. If the engine reved when I had it near something, then there was a vacume leak in that spot.
I suppose people would tell you not to use that technique the days for fear of it being too explody
My car is very electrnic driven and most of the interfaces locked up until I removed the battery to allow it to reset
Duane my Samsung Galaxy S3 more or less broke my Renault Meganne electronics when i paired them
@Duane and for the most part they seem pretty reliable too (toyota aside :-) do you think we are better off overall now?
@Ms243 : agreed lead in the cylinders does not make for a happy engine
One of my old classmates owns a twin beech with radials -- very nicely restored -- old bootlegger plane
Measurement - Car electronics are kind of scary. Replacement or repair costs of the electronics are really scarry. But, I do like the fact that I never have to adjust anything and don't have to worry about an occasional failure to start in the morning with my newer cars.
@David : My Uncle hated to use a cartridge so we put a touch paper in the piston and then two ment turned the flywheel with a very long handle. If it kicked back you were a hospital case.
MS243 I know but always been dissaponted by that lol
@MS243 yeah I think it was a radial in that FotP movie
The cartridges for starting just use a wad
@Crusty thatnks for that I will do...not unlikely...it's a real bucket of bolts....
Crusty whatsize shot was in that ;)
@Crusty "With the Field Marshal you started it with a 12Bore Cartridge" like in the original Flight of the Phoenix movie...they had 5 cartridges and it started on the 5th.. did you see that one?
@David : Try to look if you have an air leak at the Carb to engine interface
Ive seen cartridge starters on old planes - usually the radial engine ones
"not much electronics and ran 40 years"
My 1999 Canry has less software than those in the case. It will probably outlast them all. Actually, my father-in-law's 1996 Camry will outlast my 99. Quality dropped in the those three years.
Mind you I have a lawnmower...those motors are simple enough,,,but mine speed hunts all over the place....not the governor I think...drives me nuts
With the Field Marshal you started it with a 12Bore Cartridge
With the John Deere it was basically gap the plugs before the job and lube it and fuel it and that was it
@MS243 I worked with a guy who collected engines....he even had a submarine engine which apparently was massive...he invited me to come and look but never got there
MS243 - Of course, there isn't charm in all old machinery. The only charm in my 1972 Chevy Vega was that it looked a bit like a shrunked Camaro. Fortunately it was easy to work on because it needed work often.
Make that Field Marshal
not sure if my priorities are right there... :-)
@Adam...Duane...I really hope I can get there...I'm going to make an effort for this where I ahve not made as much to see thw WHO or other bands I like.....
@MS243 : my favourite old trator was the Fiel Marshal whic was single cylinder diesel . Massive and chugged .
MS243 - There's a lot of charm in some of that old machinery.
@MS243 "2 cylinder john deere tractor" I often think there is a lot to be said for the old ways....KISS principle etc
@david it would be my pleasure to do so, it is going to be an amazing week
David - I hope you can make it over for the conference.
I have to step out for a minute -- a Chaplain just came into my office -- will explain in a moment ... chat amongst yoiurselves
all this Toyota business has me thinking of My Great Uncles 2 cylinder john deere tractor I would drive for fall harvest -- 2 cylinders, 2 magnetos and a switch to enable them -- spun the flywheel via a crank to start it
not much electronics and ran 40 years
Bye Tomii, Caleb
@Adam "@ it does I (and max) discovered this gin at Design West last year it is amazing "
Hoping to make it to DW 14 so you can introduce me to it....
Max - I still have a few suits, but none of them fit anymore. They must shrink when not used.
Well guys, I have to run ,it has been fun!
'bye all, gotta run...
@Duane: ...but I (fortunately) so rarely wear ties anymore...
I no longer have a suit or non-Hawaiian shirt or tie
@Max, good for you. Take a reall week off and don't think about work.
@David it does I (and max) discovered this gin at Design West last year it is amazing
max have a great time,
@Adam....doesn't all gin have Juniper in it?
@Tomii: Candyman!!!
@Adam: Max how long you in sheffield ?
Just a week -- and this will be the first time in years that I wonlt be working while I'm there -- just visiting with my mom and aunts and uncles and cousins and stuff
"I leave on Friday late afternoon -- arrive in Manchester Saturday morning -- my mom and lirrle bro' are picking me up and driving me over to Sheffield -- I cannot wait :-)"
Max, does that mean youre actually taking a day off?
Duane its been a challenge
@Tomii: That means Mrs. Crusty is standing over your shoulder, soesn't it?
It's like that horror film ... you mustn't say her name three times
Adam - Congratulations!
David - Dark red and black abstract. It was "in stlye" for those days, but I (fortunately) so rarely wear ties anymore that I don't know what's in style or considered loud any more.
i just ordered a bottle of junipero gin to celebrate completing my first month
@Max BTW heard from Terry Ashton yesterday, he has a new job at U of Birmingham...doing things with FPGAs for LHC I think
@Tom-ii : The Lady Crusty is usually more direct than that
Max how long you in sheffield ?
@Duane must have been a particularly loud tie :-)
That means Mrs. Crusty is standing over your shoulder, soesn't it?
@David: Max when u off to UK??
I leave on Friday late afternoon -- arrive in Manchester Saturday morning -- my mom and lirrle bro' are picking me up and driving me over to Sheffield -- I cannot wait :-)
@Max Naughty Naughty
@David: At least it's a good way to meet fellow 2001 fans
I was mega-disgruntled to hear that they had a Dr Who convention here in town a coupl eof months ago and I didn't know anything about it (sad face)
@Crusty Max is a worry..... @Max when u off to UK??
@David I am now old enough to get away with using "You stupid boy"
@Crusty: ...but had a lunch out with the good lady...
What does Mrs Crusty have to say about you seeing a good lady?
Many years ago, I was working as an AE at a company developing optical character recognition systems. Part of my job was to test the products. One day I scanned my tie and broke the software. I was ridiculed for quite some time until it was discoverd that dark printing would cause the same thing. Fortunately, it wasn't a criticle system of any sort.
At least it's a good way to meet fellow 2001 fans
@max "That phrase "I'm afraid I can;t do that Dave" must have been particularly scary for you"
wish I had a beer for every time I'd had that chucked at me
MS243 Exactlly
measurement Blues, They need to speak to someone who can explain it to them it is the probabilty of success they are interested in not MTBF
@David 18:30 hours supper time but had a lunch out with the good lady at 13:00 so no washing up tonight
@Max I think I'll wake up for EE online chat and THEN go back to bed....
@David: ...like HAL in 2001
That phrase "I'm afraid I can;t do that Dave" must have been particularly scary for you
Hey Crusty!
Hi Max will sit back and see who and what is on line here
All of the Level A systems I've worked with under DO-254/DO--178B have had multiple back-up systems
"Mind most people do not understand MTBF"
Lawyers do, if the is anything less than infinite time between failure, a failure can occur. All they have to do is cast doubt in a system's reliability.
Hi Crusty...and what time is it there??
How is Crusty Mansions -- have you totally recovered from the water leak in the West Wing?
Hows you Crusty
What was scary about Toyota is that there seemed to be absolutely no way to override the computer.,...like HAL in 2001
Hi Adam
Hi Crusty
@David: ...it is just after 5 am here....
That reminds me of last weekend -- I woke up to hear the dawn chorus, opened the window, threw back the curtains .... climbed in and went to bed LOL
@Duane, there are so many other incidents waiting to happen. It's just that the right conditions have not arisen.
Hi All from Crusty Mansion
Mind most people do not understand MTBF
I have a lot of experience with life critical systems (sil4) and satellite design it amazes me what people think they can get away with
I wish...getting too old for long nights out.... :-)
yes, details are being slowly released. I believe the actual research is under lock and key
Hi David -- 5:00am eh? You you are just about to go to bed after a long night out...
The scary thing about the Toyota case is not that it's in Toyota cars, but that similar things are likely in most cars. I've sat in meetings and had heated arguments about such things. Fortunately, I've never had to fight for it with life criticle systams.
Caleb it is indeed I would have thought these guys now how to design reliable systems but Iam constantly surprised that people who should have no idea.
maybe there is a market for my book lol
@Duane, there is a difference between being able to think of concepts and then knowing how to apply the math to them to make sure that they will hold the load.
The coverage seems incomplete -- there is a review of the Rensas? ECU but none of the DENSO monitor CPU and none of the hardware safety features if any
@Rick: Intel is building 64bits ARM while trying to get traction in embedded with the Quark SoC -- it's curious!!
"has anyone followed the toyota case recently it was ery interesting to read "
Brings a whole new meaning to the word "crash."
Seems toyota did not have enough fail safe stuffgoing on
Hi David
Adam - I've been reading about it. It's a very interesting case.
bit late I'm aftraid but it is just after 5 am here....
I've been reading about the toyota case. Very concerning.
Aero. That would be awesome. I often like to think I have mechanical skills, but far too often I find that I really don't
Intel has made ARM's for a long time
has anyone followed the toyota case recently it was ery interesting to read
Hi Max. I'm here now. We can begin.
Seems it is fashionable to be late ;) Hello Garcia
G'day all from down under
tomii sadly I missed that one
Hi Garcia
Hello Duane. I am going to take a look at some hand calcs to see if I can get a motor adaptor to work for you.
I'm still too head-down in trying to learn about FPGAs in general to try and "clea a Zynq," too!
(see what I did there? - I kill me...)
Hi all!! I'm a bit late too ;-)
Maxx if you could put me in touch ;)
Well, the cat got out of the bag early that I am changing jobs, so I have been dealing with the fallout of that all morning. Not so much fun, but looking forwrad to the new job.
@Max: "64-bit quad core ARM Cortex A-53"
I'm sure they are looking for Software Defined Network, in which 64bits virtualization is a must at the datacenter level.
Hi aero
@adam: I wonder if they want to send me one and I can write a number of blogs like have done the Zynq
We can ask them -- but it won't be available for some time yet...
Hi aeroengineer -- better late than never :-)
It looks very exciting I wonder if they want to send me one and I can write a number of blogs like have done the Zynq
Hello all, I hope all are having a wonderful day, sorry I am late!
What do you think about the Altera announcement that their Stratix 10 SoC FPGAs will boast a 64-bit quad core ARM Cortex A-53?
Max we did trees down all over the place and my fence
Next time I come up, I should bring it to let people play. I'm surprised the GDC folks don't have on ein the office though!
@243: ...feels like an ICEPICK jammed up the nose right now
I'll take your word for that :-)
At first glance I thought you were talking about the iCEstick from Lattice LOL
@243: Rain due here
Where is "here"?
My mom (in England) says they had 100mph winds a couple of days ago
Rain due here -- feels like an ICEPICK jammed up the nose right now
There is a large selection of demos out there available for the rift to explore the capabilities. I've mainly used it just to play. However, I did try my hand at creating a couple unique worlds of my own.
@Caleb: ...higher definition version should be out within the next year.
That's the version I want -- and I want it to play with Obduction
@duane, my eyes mainly.
@Caleb: I have an oculus rift and can tell you it is quite amazing.
You have an Oculus Rift???? You lucky ******* person.... how did you manage that -- I thought they were still pre-production...
@max, higher definition version should be out within the next year. It is pretty amazing as is, but has plenty of room for improvement.
Caleb - What do you use your Oculus Rift with?
And that Oculus Rift headset -- I WANT IT NOW
What else are you seeing out there, Rick?
I am at arm techCon, in my hotel room.
If anyone knows any good programme managers and a System Design Authority I am recruiting lol
I did see the obduction. I have an oculus rift and can tell you it is quite amazing.
I loved Myst and I really loved Riven -- I think this new game will blow them away
Hi Caleb. Are you here at ARM TechCon?
Hey, somewhere, some time ago, I saw a suite of programming tools for writing controls for Android. Like for hobbyist stuff, etc. Anyone know where that iis?
I think what you are talking about is called App Inventor- Try here http://appinventor.mit.edu/
Did you see my blog about that Kickstarter project for the game Obduction?
@Tomii: ... or maybe just "2?"
That's a bit forward, don't you think? :-)
Hi Susan
@Caleb: Those wheels look nice and HUGE too. 4 inches!
Well, I don't like to boast :-)
Hi susan!
@Adam: I bought bank shares when they could not get any lower...... they did
That's the way I do it!!! LOL
Hi Max. Hi everyone.
But I made money on the sale of the royal mail
... or maybe just "2?"
sorry max never thought to email you, by the way check our email
Those wheels look nice and HUGE too. 4 inches!
Max I bought bank shares when they could not get any lower...... they did
Hi MS243 (can we call you "243" for short :-)
@Adam: Yes this last weekend
How come no one told me?
Max - I just went and read it. Very nice.
Hi All
@Tomii: horribly underworked, and horribly overpaid.
I only have experience of it the other way -- much like my business savy in which I buy high and sell low (sad face)
Yes this last weekend
@adam: Max you did get the UK time wrong by an hour
have the clocks gone back over there?
So many toys, so little time.
Did you see the blog I just posted -- I've selected my robot's wheels and motors
Tomii - I've downloaded the SDK and played with it a bit, but I don't recall seeing what you're talking about. It sounds interesting.
The manner in which I'd like to become accustomed? You know, horribly underworked, andhorribly overpaid. To the point that Robin Leach comes knocking on my door..
Fascinating of course!
Max you did get the UK time wrong by an hour
Hi Caleb -- how is ARM TechCon?
@Tomii: There you are, Max, late as usual...
I was 5 mins early -- but I can;t compete with folks who get here 1 hour ealry because they can't read a clock :-)
well hello all!
Duane thats funny
@Tomii: Anyone want to pay me to live in the manner in which I'd like to become accustomed?
And what manner is that?
Max not as sorry as me lol
Hi all
Adam - I was at an Octoberfest and discovered half a tooth when I bit into an apple struddle. I was about 50-50 hoping is wasn't my tooth and then hoping it wasn't someone elses.
@Adam Taylor: I am feeling sorry for myself just had a root canal lol
I was so sorry to hear this
There you are, Max, late as usual...
Helllo Gents
Hello There!!!
Hi to all
I am recruiting a programme manager and Systems Design Authority if you fancy moving to the UK
Yeah it is no fun lol hopefully the beer will help
Tomii - If you find someone, ask if they'll pay for two people.
Sorry to hear about the dental work. Sounds ouchful
Adam - Ouch. I had one of those three weeks ago.
I'm currently running out of work... Anyone want to pay me to live in the manner in which I'd like to become accustomed?
I actually had the time correct, but the compiler optimized it out of my head.
How are we all, I am feeling sorry for myself just had a root canal lol
Hey dere!
Hi Adam, Hi Tomii
hello all
Apparently I am also incapable of telling the time...
Not first!
Apparently, I am incapable of correctly interpreting the numbers on a clock - I shall return.
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Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP > Mount Darwin > Climber's Log
Mount Darwin Climber's Log
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|West Ridge Route
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009
|Awesome peak!
|Posted Sep 9, 2009 12:59 am
|North Couloir
Date Climbed: May 30, 2005
|Excellent ski run. Fun climb too, but flying down the face is the dream come true!
|Posted Sep 8, 2009 6:54 pm
|Darwin and North Lake to South Lake...
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007
|Started on the N.E. ridge, then ended climbing the majority of the East Face, with my bud "G" (snowhiker). Camped at the base of Darwin Glacier, and continued on around into Evolution Basin, exiting out via Dusy Basin. This was my second trip around this beautiful loop...
|Posted Apr 2, 2008 8:05 am
Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2003
|Posted Feb 8, 2008 8:04 am
|North Face
|Did the North Face in July as part of a day hike in 12 and half hours car to car.
I really enjoyed the climb and came back when the North Face was under ice conditions
and soloed it car to car in the fall.
|Posted Jan 27, 2008 9:30 pm
|Evolution Traverse Attempt
Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2007
|Summitted via the ridge from Mendel, attempting to do the whole Evolution traverse. Bonked on top and bailed down a random gully on the west side. Next time: more food, lighter pack.
|Posted Sep 5, 2007 4:25 pm
|Smoked Salmon
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2007
|No excuses, no excuses .......
|Posted Sep 4, 2007 11:19 am
|Michael Graupe
|West Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2007
|Day 4, 2007 Sierra Challenge. Decided not to go to the Hermit but climbed the W-Ridge with Ryan S. The summit pinnacle is fun.
|Posted Aug 16, 2007 12:08 pm
|North Face Couloir
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2007
|Loved this climb! I stayed as much as on ice possible and pulled a little mixed climbing in on the far right side. Summit block was easier to obtain than originally thought and views were stupendous even with impending rain clouds...that came later. Exited via West Ridge.
|Posted Jul 16, 2007 3:01 pm
|Dave Daly
|Kick N' Axe!
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2007
|Had a great time with Debbi and Rick Kent making our way up to the summit of Dawin via the North Face Couloir!! The upper half of the route was turning out to be a fine alpine ice climb (50 degrees in some places....mainly on the right side as the route splits right). Debbi did a fine job making that section of the climb look easy, while Rick and I pleaded with the "Ice God's" to allow our crampons and axes to bite into the ice :P (should have filed those tools before heading out!). What a great finish too.....we exited the right fork and straight up to exposed rock (4th class and probably would have been covered with snow had it not been a dry winter in 2006/2007) and eventually headed to the summit block to top out. I highly recommend this climb! Classic!
|Posted Jul 16, 2007 10:23 am
|Kick ass time
|I had a killer time on this Mountain with Rob we did the northeast ridge to the traverse then we went up the east face. Thanks Rob
|Posted Jul 15, 2007 7:05 pm
|North Face
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2007
|Perfect neve on the face with some alpine ice in the narrow couloir just below the summit plateau. We descended the Northwest Ridge route and then I climbed Mendel via the East Face. 12.5 hour roundtrip from the North Lake parking area. What a sweet route on a sweet mountain!
|Posted Jul 9, 2007 1:07 pm
|North Face
Date Climbed: Oct 26, 1980
|Miguel Carmona and I climbed the North side glacier in October of 1980 while climbing other peaks in and around Darwin/Mendel area. 35-40 degree ice on the face made for a great day of scrambling around with a great partner.
|Posted Jan 27, 2007 7:26 pm
|North Face Epic
Date Climbed: Nov 23, 2006
|Turkey is for the weak. There is nothing like cold feet, and desolate mountains to make you give thanks.
|Posted Jan 27, 2007 5:07 pm
|west ridge
Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2006
|its great climbing a big mountain you can see from town.
went up in june looking for ideal north face conditions, but moved too slow and conditions weren't right. My buddy jeff thought he'd just solo up the north face, fortunately i talked him out of it then we watched the point avalanches hammer the north face through the thunder storm on the way out and over lamark col.
went back again with jeff and steve, it took along time to get from lamark col to darwin bench and camp. the glacier was icy and blue the next morning, jeffs crampon kept coming off.
One of teh best climbs ever. beautiful position on the west ridge, ez moves, fantastic views. we thought the summit block would be tougher than it was. 36 hours car to car.
a dream come true.
|Posted Jan 2, 2007 6:57 am
|Matthew Holliman
|North Face (ascent) / West Ridge (descent)
Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006
|Dayhiked this with Rob (below). We weren't sure whether we'd find ice on the North Face, so we hauled along harnesses, short rope, ice screws, etc... this was all just useless training weight. I brought an axe and one tool, but used only the axe in the end. Snow was in perfect condition for climbing, and no more than 45 degrees (maybe a couple of very short bulges that approach 50 degrees) at the steepest parts.
The summit block was fun (much easier than it looks at first--we went around to the left), as was the West Ridge descent. Encountered a tricky class 4 move (and some rap slings) before reaching the final class 2 ledges down to the glacier, so we were probably off route on the West Ridge. (Maybe the class 3 route lies further west when starting up from the glacier).
In my opinion, at least when it's a snow climb, the North Face is undoubtedly the easiest and quickest route up the peak.
Some clouds in the sky, but they never developed into anything more threatening than some light hail on the way back over Lamarck Col.
This was a grudge peak for me--I bailed on it when climbing Mendel last year because of threatening weather, and gave up on it in July when I attempted it immediately after flying back from China (major jet lag, and I got off route onto difficult 4th class while trying to gain the West Ridge). Glad to knock this one off. I'd like to go back for the NE Ridge or East Face sometime.
|Posted Dec 1, 2006 4:34 am
|North Face/Glacier
Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2006
|Climbed with MichaelJ. Started hiking at 4:47am from our camp (elev ~ 11,800') near the eastern-most lake of Darwin Canyon. We simul-soloed from the base of the glacier to the top in 45 minutes as it was all neve. Reached the summit just before 8:00am. Descended via the west ridge. Back in camp at 10:43am (6 hrs camp-to-camp).
|Posted Sep 6, 2006 12:44 am
|North Couloir
Date Climbed: Jun 13, 1979
|my first roped climb in the Sierra. we climbed one of the chutes on the north side. then climbed the ridge from Mendel to the summit block. I felt pretty exposed.
|Posted Jul 30, 2006 12:29 am
|Route Climbed: normal Date Climbed: Aug. 2005
|With Will Hurst. Rating could be downgraded to cl. 3.
|Posted Dec 13, 2005 1:36 pm
|Desert Solitaire
|Route Climbed: East Face Date Climbed: September 9, 2005
|Dayhike from Lk Sabrina. The 4th class chimney pitch on the NE ridge was a bit easier than I expected, but I was definitely glad I didn't attempt to downclimb it. It looked way tough to head down, so I dragged a rope and rapped off it as I became engulfed in a blinding snowstorm. Very surreal - it appeared and disappeared very quickly and as I packed up the rope at the bottom, it completely disappeared. Great climb! RT time: 12 hrs, 30 min.
|Posted Sep 13, 2005 8:52 pm


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By Thomas J. Gentzel
No human enterprise is perfect, and we all are capable of improving. That's especially true when an institution faces continuing challenges and new demands. Such is the case with public education, which has undergone many transformations since it was established.
We often forget that, during most of our nation's history, public schools were expected to provide basic instruction to all students while preparing some to move on to higher education and the professions. This system of sorting worked well when family-supporting jobs in factories and mills were plentiful. Today, lower-skilled jobs are hard to find, let alone capable of sustaining a middle-class existence.
Now, public schools are expected to do something never before asked of them: educate all students to a very high level. This, of course, is a good and necessary development if our nation is to remain competitive in the global marketplace. Remarkably, America's public education system has responded to these heightened expectations in ways that once would have seemed nearly impossible. Our commitment to educating every child is unparalleled, as is our effort to help each one reach his or her potential. No other country in the world even pretends to do what Americans demand of our education system. Perhaps, not surprisingly, we spend more time focusing on what remains to be done and less on what already has been accomplished. That's not altogether a bad thing, since it has the effect of pushing educators to continue to improve. Yet, it has had some serious negative consequences, too.
Some critics of public education have relentlessly assailed the institution for failing to educate all children at the levels now expected. Here, we must pause to acknowledge that, despite dramatic gains in student achievement we have witnessed in most places, some schools have not performed nearly as well as they should. These pockets of deficiency are a source of real concern, since they often exist in communities with the greatest challenges, generally.
We should have a candid conversation about how to address these issues, and we must work to ensure that every public school in America, regardless of zip code, is an excellent school. We should do these things but -- instead in the current education policy debate -- children in these struggling schools have become pawns in a larger effort coordinated by some well-funded interests with an agenda of their own. Many of these "reformers" have pushed hard -- and often effectively -- for solutions that are either untested or have demonstrated only limited success.
How else to explain the drive to create as many charter schools as possible, despite clear evidence that most do not outperform traditional public schools (and in fact, many fare much worse)? Although advocates of tuition vouchers and tax credits argue these measures could provide options for children "trapped" in poorly performing schools, they acknowledge their proposals would help only a small percentage of such students, and they have virtually nothing to say about what should be done for the many who would remain in those schools.
I believe some proponents of the school choice agenda are sincere in their belief that competition will help all schools to be better. Unfortunately, those people are not driving this debate. To be blunt, certain interests that stand to make a lot of money are the ones most actively promoting the privatization agenda. If they were sincerely interested in ensuring that every child in America had access to a great public school where they live, they would be supporting early childhood education, mentoring programs for new teachers, and other investments that have been demonstrated to be effective. That they so steadfastly refuse to do so speaks volumes about what they really want -- and that has a lot more to do with them and their own bottom lines than it does with children receiving a great education.
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Flood toll rises to four0:59
A boy has died after a tree fell on him and his mother, bringing the death toll from the flood emergency to four.
A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy has died of head injuries after a tree fell on him and his mother on Brisbane's northside.
He is the fourth victim of Queensland's wild weather.
Police have confirmed a boy, 3, who was stuck by a tree at Gordon Park at 8.30am Monday, died at the Royal Children's Hospital later that night.
The boy and his mother, who are believed to live locally, were standing on Kedron Brook bikeway when a tree collapsed and trapped the pair.
His 34-year-old mother is in the Royal Brisbane Hospital in a critical condition.
She is believed to have a several broken bones and serious head injuries.
Three other flood deaths have also been confirmed.
The body of a man was found in floodwaters south of Brisbane in Oxley Creek about 7am on Monday.
He is believed to be a motorcyclist who was swept off the road at Greenbank at Logan on Sunday night.
Witnesses told police the man was riding across a bridge on the Greenbank-Goodna Road around 11pm when he and his motorcycle were swept away by floodwaters.
It's believed members of the public attempted to get a rope to the man, but were unsuccessful and he was washed downstream.
The other two flood deaths were an 81-year-old man who was pulled from the water near Bundaberg and a 27-year-old man who tried to cross a flooded creek near Gympie.
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Guide to the Alfredo Castaneda Papers
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Collection Contents
Ortiz, Lupe
Solit, Lizz Campos
Dissertation Advisees
Dissertations: 1974-1977
Dissertations: 1975-1980
Affirmative Action at Stanford: Policies, 1972-73 Report, 1973-74 Priorities
Study Guideline of the History and Culture of the Mexican American
Barbieri, Paolo
Palo Alto Unified School District (1979)
Research Group: Inter-ethnic Relations Research Group
Research Assistantships 1974
Cultural Democracy, Bicognitive Development and Education (Ramirez and Castaneda)
Bilingual Education Paper Series: The Title VII (Bilingual Education) Fellowship Program: A Preliminary Report (4 copies)
Bilingual Educ. -Crt. & Educ. Acts (Lau vs. Nichols)
Bilingual Educ. -Curriculum Models Spanish-Speaking Migrant Students
Memorandum: January 6, 1976
Book: Cultural Democracy, Bicognitive Development & Education by A. Castaneda and M. Ramirez, 1974-75
Book: Mexican Americans and Educational Change
Book Orders, 1974-75
Brazilean Project -Vince Martin, 1975
National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1973-74
Practicum for the MA Program in Cultural Pluralism -A. Castaneda
Dissertations -1975 -77
Research, 1974
Ramos, Robert -A.T.&T., 1975
Pottinger, Stan
Administrative Correspondence regarding Advisees ... , 1976-1977.
Various student papers (Education 180,214,242,381), publications, articles, Biocognitive Inventory Forms (adult, student, teacher), dissertations, Bibliographies for classes, References for Bilingual Education Title VII
Meadowcroft, Jean
Faculty Schedule of Classes
Fountenberry, Carolyn
Flores, David
Fortman, Maurice
Dr. Castaneda
Lamb, Gene
Harvard Journal on Chicano Affairs
Harvard University Press Nat'l Advisory COuncil
Faculty Meetings: Chicano
La Red!fhe Net Monthly Newsletter
Farwest Laboratory for Ed'l Research and Development 1973-74
Ford Foundation, 1973-75
Faculty Memos, Bulletins, & Miscellaneous Correspondence
Navarro, Susan
Parker-Ware, Robin
Lopez, Alonso
Bilingual Association of Students Materials
Bilingual-Bicultural Education
Jr. High Midsites & Participation
Garcia, Angie
Gorrez, Lydia
Relation of Stress and Differential Position ..... Motor Learning
Response to Conflict as a Function of Response-Defined Anxiety
Clash of Cultures in the Classroom
Description of a Program to Train Parents to Influence the Development of
Question-Asking Skills in their Young Children, by Angela Garcia
Grand Jury Report: San Francisco Unified School District
Student papers, proposals, dissertations, teaching guidelines
Student Papers (#19 - 23) 1972-77 Boys Town Center for the Study of Youth Development (seminar minutes 1975- 1976 and materials on search for director 1974)
Student Papers (#10 -18)
Student Papers (#1 -9)
Miscellaneous Papers and articles for Education students
Associative Strength and Degree of Learning Competition in Verbal Paired-Assoc.
Complex Learning and Perfomance as a Function of Anxiety in Children and Task Difficul ty
Differential Relation of Latency and Discrimination Response Vigor to Stimulus .... Brightness
The Education Needs of Mexican Americans
Melting Potters vs. Cultural Pluralists
Melting Potters vs. Cultural Pluralists
Castaneda, Alfredo: Melting Potters vs. Cultural Pluralists
Castaneda, Alfredo: Melting Potters vs. Cultural Pluralists
Sex Differences, Sex Typing, and Women's Studies Bibliography
Anxiety and the Differential Adaptation Hypothesis
Notebook: Cultural Democracy, Bicognitive Development & Education I-IV
Notebook: Cultural Democracy, Bicognitive Development & Education V-VIII
Cultural Democracy, Bicognitive Development & Education I-VIII
The Book of Readings
Symposium: Mexican Americans and Educational Change
Nat'l Committee on the Education of Migrant Children
Nuestra Lucha
Assm. of Police-Comm. Relations: Toward Quality Education for Mexican Americans
Student papers
Access Information
Bianchi, Maria
Calzada-Cota, Irene
Delgado, Terre
Fernandez, Celestino
Gallardo, Edgar
Garcia, Ron
Hernandez, Francisco
Menchaca, Isaias (2/75)
Martinez, Ben
Ramirez, David
Ratliff, Shirley
Valenzuela, Anna Marie


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Live Video Chat: Elizabeth Gilbert on 'Wolf Hall' on Feb. 20
This Thursday at 1 p.m. EST, Elizabeth Gilbert will lead The Wall Street Journal Book Club's live discussion about Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall." Join us to find out why Ms. Gilbert calls "Wolf Hall" "the best book of the century" and what the book taught her about writing historical fiction.
"I don't think of this as a historical novel, I think of it as a contemporary novel, a really contemporary novel, like she's on the cutting edge of the best writing that you can be doing in the 21st century," Ms. Gilbert says. "It just happens that she set it in the past."
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Got in this debate on Facebook, just copied and pasted what I wrote.
KD gets calls at a asinine rate at home and it only changes by a few attempts on the road. You can't breath on that dude. Seriously as a defender the best way to make KD ineffective is to body up and be physical. But seeing as you can't touch the dude as a defender you're at a disadvantage. If Anthony holds on and wins the scoring title over Kevin Durant, along with our Knicks winning out with an 18 game win streak heading into postseason play (franchise record along with 8th all-time amongst the NBA) while our Knicks splash as the two seed... There is no question in my mind, that Anthony walks away with the NBA's 2012-2013 Most Valuable Player Award. Why? Because that's exactly what he's been. The leagues most valuable player as our team has overcame (multiple) team injuries. It's also not about "how you start" but instead how you finish. That's what writers and voters will go off of.
Anthony winning the scoring title while leading his team to 18 consecutive victories as a two seed despite multiple team injuries to our big men, and he's without question, the MVP of 2012-2013. During our 12 game win streak Carmelo Anthony has put up...
11 games along with an average of 36.3 minutes, 32.7 points, 8.2 rebounds, 7.09 free throw attempts, 1.6 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.5 blocks along with only 2.7 turnovers per game.
135/271 from the field which creates for a FG percentage of .498%. He's gone 24/58 from beyond the arc which creates for an outstanding 3PT percentage of .413% while also going 66/78 from the free throw line which creates for a free throw percentage of .846%. A combined 225/407 from the field which is good enough for a total shooting percentage .552%.
Lastly our Knicks only being 6-7 without Anthony (.462%) when compared 44-19 during games in which Melo has played (.698%) doesn't lie.
Knicks just walked into OKC without Camby, Wallace, Thomas, Stoudemire and Martin while Melo (once again) led the way as the most valuable player over Westbrook, Ibaka and Durant. That's the definition of most valuable and it's been like this throughout the entire course of the season.
Anthony: 15/29, 36 points, 12 boards (9 offensive), 1 block and 0 turnovers. Win.
K.Durant: 7/17, 27 points, 7 assists, 4 blocks, 3 assists, 3 boards and 4 turnovers. Loss.
The refs also gave Durant 13 points off 15 free throw attempts. Can't even breath on the guy on the perimeter while Melo had 0 FT attempts until the closing moments of the 4th while fighting hard down low during the entire game. Pathetic.
Why does KD always dissappoint in marquee matchups?
Everytime there is a huge game he seems to cower. Whats up? Lebron this year and last year, Melo last tonight, old man kobe last year. You look at his stat line all you see is meaningless point because free throws that are handed to him because he is weak. Dude needs to man up and grow mentally. Arent you supposed come back stronger after losing in the finals? Guess we'll see in the playoffs. All we know the torch from mj to kobe to lebron might skip him.
Russell Westbrick out preformed KD last night. 37/11/8.
1-11 vs Melo
2-9 vs Lebron
7-14 vs Kobe
You have to be shocked by how many FTs Durant gets. It's most insane when he plays against other superstar teams and you just see the discrepancy in how the game is called. just kind of shocking, it really inflates his efficiency numbers.
Kevin Durant, a tiger with the mentality of a cat. Russell Westbrook is the alpha male on the team and takes charge of the offense. Durant only shoots a high percentage because he defers to Westbrook. If Durant grew a pair of nuts and took more volume shots, he'll be shooting 46-47% in the Kobe and Melo range.
Melo owns his soul.
Stats from their matchups since 2010:
Melo: 36.8mpg, 31.2ppg, 8.6rpg (3orb), 1.8apg, 2.2topg, 49.1fg%, 38.5 3pt%, 86ft%, 57.8TS
KD: 39.2mpg, 26.6ppg, 6.4rpg (.4orb), 3.2apg, 3.4topg, 40fg%, 25 3pt%, 90.3fg%, 56.7TS
Melo plays WAY above his average and KD plays WAY below his average. It's crazy.
Melo is closer to the LBJ / Durant elite than anyone wants to admit, mainly because Melo is not very likable.


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The City Commission is considering a significant increase in the price of residential parking permits for areas near the University of Florida.
The City Commission is considering a significant increase in the price of residential parking permits for areas near the University of Florida such as the College Park and University Heights neighborhoods.
For years, the price has been set at $19.50 a year.
The current price and a system allowing permits to be purchased online and mailed out allowed non-residents to obtain permits and had demand exceeding supply, staff said.
Last September, a contingent of city staff and area property managers met and agreed that permits were currently underpriced.
They pointed to the $150 annual cost of permits for students to park on the University of Florida campus, permit fees of up to $1,116 for UF employees to park on campus and the $20-a-month parking fee at the city garage.
A 2008 study also recommended an increase in residential permit fees to $135 annually.
The recommendation from the group that met in September was an increase for city residential permits to $150 annually.
On Thursday, staff recommended city commissioners send changes to parking permits, including a discussion of a fee increase, to their Community Development Committee.
Commissioners eventually approved staff's recommendation to send proposed changes to committee in a 7-0 vote, but not before Commissioner Lauren Poe suggested that commissioners decide Thursday to initially support a proposed fee increase. Poe recommended $150, saying it was "plainly clear" the permits are underpriced. Commissioner Thomas Hawkins broached $240 as a possible annual permit price.
Those suggestions raised concerns from commissioners Yvonne Hinson-Rawls and Todd Chase, who noted that the city, after extended talks, had not taken action on a far less substantial request from tow companies for an increase in trespass towing rates.
"I am floored that we are talking about raising rates to this level," Chase said.
The city also will consider whether there should be different rates for the eight residential permit zones and if homesteaded properties should receive a discount rate. The Community Development Committee is expected to discuss the issue in March.
Also Thursday, after months of discussions, commissioners voted unanimously to seek bids on the private operation and management of Ironwood Golf Course, while removing an option to purchase the course from the bid.
City Auditor Mark Benton said the city's golf consultant, National Golf Foundation Consulting Services, recommended removal of the sale option on the rationale that it could chase off firms that otherwise would be interested in operating the course but not owning it.
Historically, Ironwood has run a deficit in excess of $300,000 annually, with the city's general fund filling in the financial gap. City officials hope private management could boost the course's revenues.


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Argh.. introductions are hard! I am new to this quilting thing, in fact SO new - I haven't even started yet.
So.. how did I get here?
I work with miniatures - 1:12 scale and when it came to decorating my little homes - I decided it was time for a new sewing machine. I found a brand new one on eBay - for half the price (unwanted gift.. it was MEANT to be!).. it's a Quilters edition...
So - I thought, why not try it!
Out I went and bought a panel for a cot - and got the batting & back today - and I have NO Idea where to start LOL
Been watching a few tutorials here and there, but it's hard to find a good one that uses panels - I thought it would be easier.
Have been practicing with miniature things, almost completed a bedspread - but now I need to do this cot quilt - it's for a friend!
So.. I joined up here, hoping to learn a trick or two.
I live in Melbourne, Australia - have 2 sons, 17 & 22, a dog, a bird & 2 lizards.


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Sir James Mann
James Gow Mann was born on the 23rd of September 1897 in London. His father was Alexander Mann, a Scottish landscape painter, who contributed to James's keen eye for a work of art, his sharpness in observation and his understanding of historical styles.
He was educated at Winchester School and it was then that he first developed an interest in arms and armour. He delayed going to University, joining the army instead, and during the First World War he served as an officer in the Royal Artillery seeing service on the Italian/Austrian front. Whilst serving on the Italian front he spent his leaves visiting cities which had museums and collections of arms and armour. He enjoyed army life and after the war became an avid reader of World War I books and he loved to tell tales of the campaigns in Flanders and at Vittorio Veneto. His war time experiences gave him an understanding of the art of war as well as helped him develop a sense of command.
After the war he studied at Oxford, attending New College. His thesis, The evolution of defensive armour in England, France and Italy during the first half of the 14th Century, was supervised by Charles ffoulkes, the then curator of the Tower Armouries. A copy of his thesis can be found in the Royal Armouries Archives. ffoulkes introduced Mann to Viscount Dillon (ffoulkes' predecessor) and to the Baron de Cosson. Mann's relationship with the Baron de Cosson was one of the most influential of his life. De Cosson and Mann would frequently meet and discuss earlier collectors and collections of arms and armour, one specific collection being the votive armours at Madonna della Grazie. When the Baron died, his family asked Mann to arrange for the publication of de Cosson's Dictionary of Arms and Armour and they offered Mann his choice of any books in the Baron's library. Unfortunately, the Dictionary of Arms and Armour was never published, but the index can be found in the Royal Armouries library. Many of the books in the Royal Armouries Archives bear de Cosson's bookplate, obtained via James Mann's personal library.
After leaving New College his first posts were in the field of wider fine arts. He accepted an appointment in 1922 in the Art Department of the Ashmolean Museum with the art historian Charles Francis Bell. One of his first tasks was calendaring prints left by Francis Douce, the early 19th century antiquary. Douce's collection was rich in prints of medieval life and customs. This certainly appealed to Mann's growing fascination of arms and armour.
In 1924 he moved to London to a post as an assistant to Mr S J Camp in the Wallace Collection, again in the field of fine arts. He produced a sculpture catalogue, which was acclaimed as a remarkable first achievement. He worked at the Wallace Collection for six years and during this time he published some of the work which established his reputation as a historian of armour. In 1929 he worked on and edited the first translation of the catalogue of the historic Trapp armoury at Churburg, his first published contribution to the study of arms and armour. In 1930 he published the first detailed description of the votive armours in the church of the Madonna della Grazie, which had been brought to his attention by Baron de Cosson. de Cosson suggested to Mann that the votive figures warranted a closer inspection and Mann discovered a rare group of 15th century Gothic armours. The armours were stood in niches around the walls, and thought to be made of wax, clad in carta pasta or 'papier-mâché' armour. The armours were in fact genuine, covered with dust and rust. Mann spent a series of summer holidays taking the figures down and cleaning the armour. His results appeared as a series of articles in Archaeologia. His findings increased the total of surviving suits of Gothic armour by a third.
Mann was finding his post at the Wallace Collection increasingly frustrating as the arms and armour collection was under the care of S J Camp. In 1931 it was suggested that he apply for the Keepership of the Art Department of the Ashmolean Museum, to succeed C F Bell. He declined as he felt his interests were in centred in London. He was appointed to the post of Deputy Director of the newly established Courtauld Institute of Art and he became a Reader in the History of Art at London University. Mann's work at the Courtauld consisted largely of lecturing although he did find time to arrange part of an exhibition at the Royal Academy. He gave a series of lectures on armour connected with his findings in the church of Madonna della Grazie, but was unable to concentrate on his main interest of armour.
In 1936 an opportunity finally presented itself. S J Camp was leaving his post at the Wallace Collection and Mann was offered the post of Keeper of the Wallace Collection on a five year contract. Then in 1938 Charles ffoulkes retired as Master of the Armouries. Mann immediately requested permission from the Trustees of the Wallace Collection to apply for the post. The post was part time and virtually unpaid. He was to hold the post in conjunction with his work at the Wallace Collection. He got the necessary approval and was subsequently appointed.
On the eve of an outbreak of World War II Mann found himself making arrangements for the evacuation of the contents of the Armouries rather than planning for a redisplay of the collection. Plans for the evacuation of national treasures had been well under way since 1933, but the then curator of the Armouries, Charles ffoulkes felt there would be no need to evacuate the contents. However, in August 1939 the packing began. Some of the armour was stored at Hall Barn in Beaconsfield for the duration of the war, but in May 1940 four armours of Henry VIII and other fine armours were put on show in the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. Later in 1940 after a series of bombing raids at the Cardiff Docks the armour was moved to Caernarvon Castle where it was joined by more items from the Tower in London.
Mann stayed in London for the duration of the War, but made long visits to Hall Barn and occasional ones to Caernarvon Castle. During the war Mann was vilified in the press for attempting to save ornamental and historical ironwork from being melted down to aid the 'war effort.' He tried to publicize the historical value of items such as iron railings and the trophy cannons displayed in various towns and cities. Mann gave occasional lectures on the history of firearms and arms and armour to the troops and he continued to publish. In 1940 he delivered a lecture on The Etched Decoration of Armour to the British Academy. This lecture opened an unexplored field of research by linking the art of the armourer with the early history of engraving.
In May 1944 he was appointed as Hon. Secretary to a committee that was set up to consider the problem of works of art looted by the Nazis. He visited Paris and inspected the state of the newly liberated Paris museums. He found that the Germans had kept the Musee del Armee open during the war, using the upper galleries for barracks. He found that there were a number of bullet holes in glass cases, but the contents were virtually unharmed. Throughout the war he was involved in planning for the post-war museum world. Also in 1944 he became Director of the Society of Antiquaries, in charge of the research and publications programme, and in 1949 became President.
In Spring 1945 the arms and armour started to return from their places of safety. The last delivery from Hall Barn was made at the end of June, with work on the redisplay starting in July. Four rooms of the Tower were reopened to the public 1 January 1946, with 2,500 visitors, 2,700 on the next day, and on the 12th of January it recorded 10,000 visitors.
Throughout his life Mann corresponded with other collectors and historians of arms and armour. As mentioned he had connections with the Baron de Cosson and Charles ffoulkes. He also corresponded with F H Cripps-Day as well as advised Edward Barry and R L Scott on their acquisitions. He catalogued Barry's collections and helped Scott build up a collection which is now in the Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery. He was involved with Paul Post, a German scholar and curator of the Berlin Arsenal. Post's position was made difficult during the 1930's because his wife was part Jewish. Mann welcomed Post's son to London and helped him gain admittance to a British medical school to continue his studies as he was unable to do so in Germany.
Mann's legacy includes many administrative improvements made at the Tower of London as well as significant acquisitions. When Mann began his work with Armouries he lacked any professional staff and proper funding. When he died in 1962 he left an organisation with a full-time curatorial and conservation staff, a regular purchase grant and a library with a regular grant for book purchases and journal subscriptions. His acquisitions included the Norton Hall Collection, significant objects from the William Randolph Hearst Collection at St Donat's Castle, and a Gothic Horse armour. He also initiated a series of exhibitions such as the Exhibition of Kings and Captains from the national collections of Austria (1949), Exhibition of armour made in the Royal Workshops at Greenwich (1951), Exhibition of arms, armour and militaria lent by H.R.H. the Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg at the Armouries of the Tower of London (1952-1953), and the Exhibition of Spanish royal armour in H.M. Tower of London (1960). This resulted in a wider enthusiasm for armour. The Norton Hall Collection belonged to the bibliophile Beriah Botfield and Mann was able to acquire the collection with a grant from the National Art Collections Fund. This was the second time that the National Art Collections Fund had helped the Armouries, the first was before the war when the Fund assisted the Armouries to acquire armour from the collection of the Earls of Pembroke. The collection's reputation had been so enhanced that it was thought it was now comparable with those of Vienna and Madrid.
He served on the Royal Mint Advisory Committee, the National Building Record, the Historic Buildings Council for England, the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, the Society of Antiquaries, the Archbishop Historic Churches Preservation Trust and was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1952. He was knighted in 1948, and was created a Knight Commander of the Victorian Order in 1957.
Mann died in 1962, just three months after the publication of his completely revised Catalogue of European Arms and Armour in the Wallace Collection.


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D-backs sorting out new collision rule's effects
By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- D-backs manager Kirk Gibson and other team personnel were scheduled to be briefed by Major League Baseball officials Monday afternoon about the new rules banning egregious collisions at home plate.
"It's been a part of the game my whole life," Gibson said. "They have good intentions by changing the rule, or modifying the rule. If a catcher wants to block the plate and he's engaging, he's initiated that play. Hopefully it will still be part of what you can do. I worry about the runner being unprotected as well. It goes both ways."
Reliever Brad Ziegler is a member of the Players Association's executive subcommittee, so he was part of the negotiating process between Major League Baseball and the union when it came to the new rule.
"I think the idea is to prevent injuries without changing the integrity of the game," Ziegler said. "I think if a guy is trying hard to score and the catcher gets in the way with the ball there's still going to be some contact, because guys aren't going to chill with their adrenaline. Ideally, you get runners coming around third base and their focus doesn't become the catcher, it becomes the plate. How can I get to the plate? And let the umpire decide if the catcher is in their way without the ball or not."
D-backs catcher Miguel Montero, who has been a part of several collisions at the plate during his career, said he didn't see a need for any changes.
"I don't know what it's going to be all about, but if it's not collision, it's just sliding at the plate. It's just kind of boring," Montero said. "But it is what it is, and we have to adapt to it."
Cahill giving D-backs reason to be optimistic
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- In his live batting-practice sessions and simulated games this spring, D-backs right-hander Trevor Cahill has had two of his pitches working each time out.
Just not the same two. And at this point in Spring Training, he's OK with that.
"I feel like, right now early in spring, you're just trying to have at least two pitches," he said. "Obviously fastball command and then, like today, I was getting my curveball over for strikes, and last time my changeup was good. So as long as you have two pitches each time out as the games start, maybe you can kind of put them all together."
That his fastball command has been solid is a good sign for the D-backs, who are counting on a bounceback season from Cahill.
The next step will be putting all three of his pitches together for the Cactus League season as he tries to reverse a trend of poor outings over his first couple of games each spring.
"I think a lot of it for me is the whole adrenaline thing," Cahill said, referring to the fact that pitching in an exhibition game provides more adrenaline than live batting practice. "I feel like for me that's never been a good thing. I pitch better when I'm just out there having fun and relaxed, because I just have to relax and just let my stuff work and not to overthrow or do too much. When I have more intensity, I tend to overthrow and try to strike everybody out I guess."
With the early start to Spring Training this year, D-backs pitchers have gotten more work in prior to games than they have in past years.
"We've been throwing a lot longer, so I should be a lot more ready this year going in," Cahill said.
Ziegler passes torch to Goldy as MLBPA rep
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- There is a bit of a transition going on in the Arizona Diamondbacks clubhouse when it comes to their representative to the Players Association.
Reliever Brad Ziegler, who has been the team's union rep, is shifting into a larger role within the MLBPA. Ziegler is serving on the executive subcommittee, which means he'll be on conference calls dealing with the Collective Bargaining Agreement and the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
First baseman Paul Goldschmidt is taking Ziegler's place as the D-backs' union rep.
"He's intelligent, he cares and he wants to know, and that's the kind of guy you need to represent the team because he's not afraid to go and ask guys, 'What are your thoughts on this?'" Ziegler said of Goldschmidt. "I've seen in the past where there are some reps that don't get the opinion of the team; they might ask a couple guys. Goldy knows the young guys well enough to where he's going to at least allow them to have input, but probably lean more toward what the veterans are saying because they've been around a little longer."
And getting a wide range of opinions is an important part of being a union rep.
"That's one big thing about this union, even if you've only got one day of [service] time, they want to make sure you have a voice," Ziegler said.
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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She was born June 6, 1919, in London to George Washington and Dora Booher Whorton. She was a lifelong member of Russellville First Assembly of God, where she was a member of the Always Young Ministry for many years. She worked 26 years for Valmac Foods, now Tyson, and loved spending time with her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Woodrow Whorton; a son, Lavan Whorton; and a daughter, Mary Hubbard.
Survivors include six grandchildren and their spouses, Harold and Kathy Hubbard of Fayetteville, Jeffrey Hubbard of Russellville, Marcus Hubbard of Russellville, Billy and Becky Hubbard of London, Doug and Tammy Tyler of Rogers and Dr. Greg and Amy Whorton of Hot Springs; a son-in-law, Tommy Hubbard of London; a daughter-in-law, Joey Whorton of Hot Springs; 13 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and other relatives and friends.
The funeral will be conducted 10 a.m. Monday, June 4, 2012, at Russellville First Assembly of God with the Revs. Keith Underhill and Larry Moore officiating. Burial will be at East Point Cemetery in Russellville under the direction of Shinn Funeral Service.
Active pallbearers will be Mrs. Whorton's grandsons and great-grandsons, Doug Tyler, Dr. Greg Whorton, Justin Hubbard, Evan Hubbard, Marcus Hubbard Jr. and Caleb Hubbard. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Always Young Ministry at Russellville First Assembly of God.
Visitation will be from 4-5 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Russellville First Assembly of God, 124 E. G St., Russellville, AR 72801.
An online obituary and guestbook are available at www.shinnfuneral.com.
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Fall 2011 MBA Course
MW - B Term, 10:45AM to 12:15PM
Location: WJW 208
Instructor: Gabriel Weintraub
Prerequisite(s): B6014: Managerial Statistics
Provides a fundamental understanding of manufacturing and service operations and their role in the organization. Surveys a wide range of operations topics, including process flow analysis, supply chain management, capacity planning, facilities location, and total quality management. Deals with these topics through a managerial, applications-oriented perspective. The course is integrative in nature, emphasizing the fit and relationship of operations with other functions of the firm.


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Ryan O'Neal is heading to "90210."
The 68-year-old actor will play the father of teen hunk Teddy, played by former soap star Trevor Donovan, a rep at The CW confirmed toAccess Hollywood.
Episodes featuring Ryan are expected to begin airing in April.
Teddy's dad has thus far been described on the show as a famous actor, but has not been seen.
When AccessHollywood.com's Laura Saltman asked in September how big of a star his on-screen dad was, Trevor said he was stratospheric.
"A Jack Nicholson [type]. Big, big, big time," he said.
And when asked who he wanted to play his dad, Trevor said he needed more time to come up with some names.
"Ooh, that's a tough question. I haven't really thought about it. I don't know," he said.
Ryan has played a family patriarch on several series across television including "Bones," "Desperate Housewives" and the ill-fated 2003 NBC Alicia Silverstone drama "Miss Match."
"90210" returns to The CW with new episodes on March 9.
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text: Health and Disease Disparities in Diverse Communities (3 cr.) Cultural and socioeconomic factors, gender, age, and regional factors all affect disparities in the health status of certain U.S. populations. Students evaluate research in social, behavioral, and health care use predictors of community health and develop strategies for public health, health service, policy, and other interventions for specific groups.


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Repos Production has released information and an image for the next 7 Wonders expansion from designer Antoine Bauza, the 7 Wonders: Wonder Pack. While the set is still in development and the details of the wonders themselves are not set in stone – albeit under discussion in this thread by those who tried it out at a Belgian game festival – here's what is known about this expansion:Quote:As the name suggests, 7 Wonders: Wonder Pack includes new wonders for use with the 7 Wonders base game, with the wonders in question being:
-----• The Great Wall of China, with the owner being able to build the stages of this wonder in any order (since the wall is, of course, a long horizontal wonder and not a primarily vertical one)
-----• Stonehenge, with the amount of stone you have being important during its construction
-----• Abu Simbel, in which leaders can be buried and mummified for bonus points
-----• Manneken Pis, which is a revised version of the 7 Wonders: Manneken Pis wonder first released as a promotional item at Spiel 2010
Reiner Knizia's Carcassonne: The Castle - Falcon, an expansion for the two-player Carcassonne: The Castle game that's been in the works for years from Rio Grande Games, will likely not appear in print from that publisher given that the owner of the Carcassonne license – Hans im Glück – is no longer partnering with RGG. On Twitter on Nov. 13, 2012, Knizia noted, "CarcCastle Falcon. After continued delays on publisher's side have given up on this. Working on making freely avail. No promises!" (HT: Tim K. for asking Dr. K. about this)
• Madeira: Pearl of the Atlantic from Portuguese designers Nuno Sentieiro and Paulo Soledade has yet to see print from Italian publisher What's Your Game?, but that hasn't stopped them from dangling another design in front of BGGers. Here's an overview of Vila Rica, which does not currently have a publisher or release date listed:Quote:Vila Rica is a game about gold-mining in 18th-century Brazil, when Bandeirantes (explorers) started to travel through the country and discovered a new region of "black gold" along the way. The "sugar rush" was coming to an end in the northeast part of the country and near the "city to be" of Vila Rica, a whole new region of precious metal was suddenly one of the most important suppliers of the old world. Hundreds of thousands of men came from everywhere once word spread, and a number of small but relevant locations started to grow near Vila Rica.
Most of the wealth in Europe had its origins in the colonies of that time. Brazil, for example, was the number one provider of gold, and Portugal lived a prosperous long time from it. Some people maintain that the industrial revolution was in part financed by the metal that came from Brazil.
The game of Vila Rica is played with cards. More than a simple game about mining, it requires that players combine actions to develop the region by building essential infrastructures like houses, stores, farms, churches and roads. Players build their path to wealth by keeping in mind the changing characteristics of the region, the moves and needs of other players, and the common good of the vibrant and prosperous Vila Rica.
Passport Game Studios, a Seattle-based publisher that's publishing Trajan in the U.S., has announced two new titles for which it has acquired exclusive distribution rights in North America: Antoine Bauza's Tokaido from French publisher Funforge and Carlos Moreno Serrano's Kalua from Spanish publisher HomoLudicus. No release dates were mentioned in the announcements, but Funforge's Philippe Nouhra has said, "For our US folks, the game should be available before Christmas in the retail stores."
• Designer Larry Harris, Jr. has announced the next title in the long-running Axis & Allies line from Avalon Hill, but this time there's no Axis in sight because the action is moving a few decades into the past. Yes, Axis & Allies 1914 World War I moves the A&A action to an entirely different era, as is evident from this game description:Quote:This is not World War II. Progress during "The War to End All Wars" was measured by yards, not miles. The Italians were on the side of the Allies, while Turkey – then at the center of the Ottoman Empire – was one of the members of what was known as the Central Powers. Imperial Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were the two other main Central Powers.
The major Allies, sometimes referred to as the Entente, consisted of the British Empire, France, Italy, the United States, and Imperial Russia. The alliance included other historical members, but they more or less fell under the command and control of one of these great powers. In fact, had General Pershing not insisted that its integrity be maintained, even the American army would have found itself as simply being replacements for French and British.
Axis & Allies 1914 World War I puts players in charge of one of the major powers, each with its own infantry sculpt; other sculpts represent the artillery, tanks, aircraft, and naval line-up of either the Allies or the Central Powers.
As designer Larry Harris notes, "While playing this game, you will quickly realize that this is not World War II. There are no massive sweeps across continents with blitzing armored divisions and aircraft. Instead, there are a series of determined offensives resisted by equally determined armies dedicated to holding the line. You will find that your depleting resources of men and artillery must be deployed with great thought and efficiency. You will be fighting pretty much the way man has been fighting with each other for thousands of years – only this time the ability to kill your enemy, and for him to kill you, has become intolerably efficient."
This description comes largely from designer notes that Harris posted on the Harris Game Design website. David Jensen from AxisandAllies.org has pulled together Harris' answers to various questions about the game, such as the inclusion of special rules for the Russian Revolution, how neutral powers enter combat, and what's included on the game board.


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For those of us who value individual liberty, bipartisanship can often call to mind the definition of democracy as "two wolves and a sheep voting over what to have for dinner." Occasionally, however, agreement between the two major parties comes in reaction to an idea so bad that its odiousness transcends partisan ideologies. Such is the case with Obamacare's medical device tax, which came into effect at the beginning of the year.
Under the terms of the Affordable Care Act, a 2.3 percent excise tax is applied to the sales of medical devices, a category that covers everything from tongue depressors to heart valves to pacemakers. Over the course of 10 years, the tax is expected to generate nearly $30 billion in revenue for the federal government. As in all cases of taxation, however, the operative question is: at what cost?
The answer is twofold: jobs and innovation.
Even in its early days, the tax has already begun thinning the ranks of employees in the medical device industry. Boston Scientific, facing an estimated $75 million in increased taxes, has announced that it plans to hand pink slips this year to as many as 1,000 workers. Stryker, another medical technology firm, announced in November that it would lay off 1,170 employees as a result of the tax. According to the Advanced Medical Technology Association, the levy could end up costing as many as 43,000 American jobs.
Then there's the cost to innovation. It's salient that the tax is applied to revenue and not to profits. Because bringing medical devices to market is often intensive in terms of both capital and time, it can take years for the products to become profitable. The firm Abiomed, for instance, took 30 years to turn a profit on its heart pumps. Had the device tax been in place the past fiscal year, the company would still be in the red.
When profits shrink, investors flee. When investors flee, the net result is fewer medical innovations. When there are fewer medical innovations, human suffering is gratuitously expanded.
Thankfully, bipartisan alliances have formed in both the House and the Senate to repeal this destructive measure. While we wish this consensus had been formed prior to the law's passage, we're happy to embrace the penitent lawmakers who voted for Obamacare but now want to see the tax eliminated.
Passage is far from guaranteed. Even if sufficient support can be found in Congress, President Barack Obama has already made clear that he's standing by the tax.
Given the economic, medical and technological costs of this folly, the president ought to change his mind. If he doesn't, however, members of Congress should pass repeal and dare him to veto it. If, at that point, the president 's obstinacy endures, we look forward to his explanation for why a tax that kills jobs, retards progress and imperils patients merits his loyalty.


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Farewell Message from the Federal Co-Chairman
by Jesse L. White Jr.
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
As my nine-year tenure with ARC draws to a close, I want to thank all of the ARC family for the opportunities we have created together to serve the almost 23 million people in this wonderful region we call Appalachia. I especially want to thank the governors of Appalachia for our productive and rich working relationship throughout my tenure. ARC has served both our region and the nation well. Through our work, Appalachia has moved much closer to the mainstream of our national economy and its great prosperity; and the Commission has provided America and the world with innovative and successful models of economic development.
We began with our new strategic vision in 1995–96, involving a year-long assessment of how our region and the world had changed since our founding in 1965, and how the Commission itself had to change to help bring Appalachia into the twenty-first century. That new plan has directed our work for the past seven years by targeting ARC investments to the building blocks of sustainable economic development: education and training, infrastructure, leadership development, health care, economic diversification, and telecommunications.
Our new plan was widely praised and laid the groundwork for the first full reauthorizations of ARC in almost 20 years, for record-level appropriations for our Appalachian Development Highway System, and for the ARC model serving as the basis for other regional commissions in the Delta, Great Plains, and Alaska. It also led us to the Commission's historic targeting of resources to those areas in greatest need, a policy that called on more successful areas within Appalachia to sacrifice for those left behind. All of our states have answered that call and created tremendous progress in moving counties and areas out of the status of distress.
The strategic plan was followed by successful regional initiatives in telecommunications, leadership development, export promotion, and entrepreneurship. These initiatives addressed problems sweeping across our vast region and led to innovative programming that has left lasting imprints of progress on hundreds of our communities. I am especially proud of the entrepreneurship initiative, now in its fifth year, as we work on the complex problem of creating a more homegrown, entrepreneurial economy in a region too long characterized by branch plants and external control.
The key to ARC's success is our rich partnership among the federal government, state governments, local planning and development districts, localities, the private sector, and nonprofits. This partnership is imbedded in our governance structures; but it transcends these formalities. It creates an ARC "family" of thousands of people committed to working together for the benefit of every mountaintop and valley in this great old mountain range. This spirit must endure in order for ARC to finish its critical job.
As the longest-serving federal co-chairman in ARC's history, I consider this position to have been the greatest honor and opportunity of my life. I want to thank the entire ARC family here at headquarters, in the states, and at the local level for their support and hard work. I also want to thank former President Clinton for appointing me to this position and President Bush for allowing me to continue in office to ensure a smooth transition. Special thanks go to our congressional delegation of both parties for their heroic efforts on behalf of ARC.
I know that Anne Pope and Rick Peltz will do a great job in their respective capacities as federal co-chairman and alternate federal co-chairman. I wish them every success as they take office and as I return to my consulting practice and to university life. I know that when their tenure is over at ARC they will feel emotions and thoughts similar to mine: it has been a wonderful labor of love.
Jesse L. White Jr.


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