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The Graying of the Linux Kernel Community
Nov 25, 2013 5:00 AM PT
There are few things more gratifying to those of us here in the Linux blogosphere than seeing another user give the proprietary world the boot and make the switch to our favorite operating system.
If anything can come close, however, it would be the birth of a new forum for advocating for Linux.
So let the trumpets sound! This month has brought news of just that: Linux Voice, a brand-new magazine that's not only dedicated to Linux and free software, but plans to give profits back to the community.
"We are going to give 50 percent of our profits back to the community," explained its founders, who hail from Linux Format magazine and TuxRadar -- one of Linux Girl's longtime faves. "That's back to developers, back to events, back to the groups that defend our online freedoms."
'Who Is the Most Important Linux Person?'
It was with great joy that Linux Girl got word of Linux Voice and discovered that not only was its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign going well, but there was even some fresh and compelling content up at this early stage.
Namely? A fabulous, TuxRadar-style poll on a topic that's impossible to resist: "Who is the most important GNU/Linux/FLOSS person?"
Geeks down at the blogosphere's seedy Punchy Penguin Saloon have had plenty of thoughts to share.
'Page and Brin from Google'
"I think it has to be RMS," offered Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien, for example. "He was promoting free software when no one else was thinking about it, he pushed to create the tools we still use (and which Linux very much needed to get started -- anyone want to compile without GCC?)."
Moreover, "the GPL was a real milestone," O'Brien added. "Linus Torvalds has said that choosing the GPL was among the best decisions he ever made."
Similarly, "the FLOSS universe is huge, but I would give my vote to Richard Matthew Stallman and Linux Torvalds," said Google+ blogger Gonzalo Velasco C.
"However, we can never ever forget people like Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie, many people at the GNU project, KDE, GNOME, Xfce, LXDE, Mozilla, Debian and every developing GNU/Linux distribution," he added.
Alternatively, "Page and Brin from Google, because without them most FOSS software would be confined to the server room," suggested Slashdot blogger hairyfeet. "Without them there wouldn't be any FOSS on mobile."
'Not Just the Big Shots'
There are numerous "unsung heroes of GNU/Linux and Free Software," noted Google+ blogger Alessandro Ebersol, whose "beloved distro, PCLinuxOS, does not get the attention it deserves," he told Linux Girl.
"So, in the philosophical way, the MAN is Richard Stallman," Ebersol opined. "And persons who are important in the FLOSS scene? Captain Bill (Texstar) Reynolds. And me, because I do a lot of things and contribute a lot. And, like us, thousands of folks do the same: Patrick (Volkerding), Ikey (Doherty), Andrew (Wyatt), Barry (Kauler) and so many others.
"There are a lot of important persons in the FLOSS scene, not just the big shots, but anonymous workers, real heroes," he concluded.
Indeed, "it's hard to choose one because it seems there has been more than one person critical to FOSS development, and without any one of them we would still be stuck choosing between proprietary Unix and Windows," consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack concurred.
'It Is You, Me, We'
"This is a silly question," blogger Robert Pogson told Linux Girl. "FLOSS is about the code, not personalities. Everyone needs everyone and we're all important."
For example, "without developers and users and documenters and bug-hunters, it would all be irrelevant," Pogson pointed out. "FLOSS exists because we are all here contributing one way or another. Linus Torvalds and Stallman may have been first to do some things, but the ecosystem needs many millions of others to thrive as it is."
Google+ blogger Brett Legree saw it similarly.
"Quite simply, it is you, me, we," Legree said. "Every single personality in the community will at some point move on, one way or another, but GNU/Linux and related FLOSS projects will live on."
A Graying Community
Interestingly -- and relatedly -- the question of Linux's longevity has been another hot topic recently in the Linux blogosphere.
"Time has been good to Linux and the kernel community, with the level of participation and volume of activity reaching unprecedented levels," began Lemeowski's post on Slashdot. "But as core Linux kernel developers grow older, there's a very real concern about ensuring younger generations are getting involved."
At least as interesting as the topic itself were the comments it received on Slashdot, more than a few of which harped on the same theme -- namely, the verbal abuse that tends to be liberally doled out by Linus in particular and kernel developers in general.
To wit: "I've tinkered with the kernel, written device drivers, blah, but there's no way in hell I'd ever try to contribute upstream, because I know I'm not an experienced kernel hacker, and frankly I'm not sewn for the sort of macho abuse that dorks like to give each other," wrote Joining Yet Again, for example.
'Is Anybody Surprised?'
"I find it interesting that my initial reaction to the topic of bringing younger people in to Linux was that scaring them off with abuse is not the way to do it," began O'Brien. "Then I looked at the comments on Slashdot and saw that echoed by all the people who said, 'I'd never be a contributor if it meant being in that cesspit of abuse.'
"I said before that it was a bad management practice, and I stand by my statement," O'Brien added.
"After seeing Torvalds act like a grade A jerk because somebody made a simple mistake, is anybody surprised?" hairyfeet concurred.
On the other hand, "the community could be aging, but it's pretty productive," Gonzalo Velasco C. pointed out. "Nevertheless, newcomers are welcome and I hope the old wizards won't 'troll' them out. :-)"
A Maturing Product
It's not clear the problem is worth worrying about "since the kernel is rapidly becoming a mature product," Mack noted. "We should be much more worried about people getting involved in the Window systems and updating apps to use modern interfaces."
Then, too, there's the fact that much of the development these days is backed by commercial companies, Legree said.
The issue was more important in the past, "when so much of it was on a volunteer basis, but honestly these days if every volunteer just moved on, I think it would just continue on -- yes, it would slow a bit, but it would adjust and we'd still be okay," he added. "Hey, if you're being PAID to work on the kernel, it's a lot easier to do it, right?"
'A Stepping-Stone in Their Careers'
Pogson wasn't inclined to worry, either.
"Most of the really old guys in Linux are managing the projects' various branches and data flows," he explained. "That's appropriate. They've all been there and done that and have little to prove except to keep things moving forward reliably.
"The vast bulk of contributions are done by employees of businesses large and small who actually make money from Linux one way or another," Pogson added. "Those businesses will hire whomever they think will work best for their organizations. Many young people will see contributing to Linux as a stepping-stone in their careers. The demographics will take care of themselves."


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This Little Girl Is Way Smarter Than You (and Einstein)
Twelve-year-old Olivia Manning (not pictured) is a freaking genius. With an IQ of 162, this pre-teen savant is proving to be one of the greatest minds since Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
Manning recently scored two points higher on her I.Q. test than the father of the atomic age, Albert Einstein, and black-hole theorist Stephen Hawking, ranking her intelligence in the top 1 percent in the world.
Because of this, Manning has been accepted into Mensa International (High I.Q. Society) where she will now be able to join forces with brainiacs from all over the world.
While she is currently enjoying her new celebrity status at the North Liverpool Academy in Everton, Liverpool, England, Manning says she was "speechless" when she was given the results of her testing. "A lot more people are coming up to me asking for help with their homework," said Manning. "I just like challenges and making my mind think."
This just goes to prove our point: Mannings are good at stuff.

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The Packers don't have to submit an injury report today, so there's not much in the way of official comment on any of their injured players.
But reporters there can call the roll.
According to Rob Demovsky of the Green Bay Press Gazette, wide receiver Jordy Nelson did not practice today.
Nelson had a knee problem going into last week's win over the Vikings, and limped off the field late.
Tight end Jermichael Finley returned to practice Tuesday, as did receiver Jarrett Boykin, who missed last week's game with an ankle injury.
Packers coach Mike McCarthy said yesterday he had no injuries "of a serious nature," so it might be a little soon for alarm.


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UK Government Refuses To Confirm Or Deny If Your Pronunciation Of Its Massive Surveillance Program 'Tempora' Is Correct
from the oh,-come-on,-stop-being-tiresome dept
A few weeks back, we reported that some digital rights groups were challenging GCHQ's spying at the UK's secretive Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT). As Wired UK reports, a first hearing has now taken place, dealing with preliminary matters before the main case in July. Here's one ridiculous problem that had to be addressed:
while the Prism programme has been officially acknowledged, the UK government will not acknowledge the existence of the operation named Tempora, as detailed in the documents released by Edward Snowden. Mr Justice Burton suggested that it might be wise to define the operation in other terms, so that it could be discussed as a factual hypothetical, rather than deal with the inevitable roadblocks that will consistently be encountered if it is called by its code name. Tempora, he said, could be referred to as the "fibre-optic interception programme" for presentational purposes.
This isn't the UK government being purely bloody-minded. By refusing to confirm or deny Tempora's existence, even though there are numerous leaked documents attesting to it, it is trying to persuade the IPT to hold a closed hearing, so as to stop the British public learning anything about what's really going on here. But as the Wired UK report reveals, it's taking this "neither confirm nor deny" policy to absurd lengths:
There was also some jovial discussion in the hearing over the pronunciation of Tempora and whether the emphasis should be on the "Tem" or the "por". When called on to advise as to whether they were pronouncing the code name correctly, government counsel could neither confirm nor deny.
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Developing applications exclusively for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. We're an employee-owned company dedicated to awesome software and enthusiastic customer support in beautiful Seattle, Washington.
We think that Omni is a different sort of company and that it shows in both our products and our service. There are a bunch of things that make Omni a special place:
From our roots as a consulting company in the early '90s, the Omni Group has enjoyed sustained growth. Our early focus on the NeXT platform allowed us to transition to Mac OS X and iOS. We've enjoyed contributing to the success of those platforms and sharing in their phenomenal growth.
The Omni Group, like our software, is designed for the long haul. A quick growth, buy-out culture works for some, but doesn't fit our philosophy of long-term support for our customers.
We try to keep the office fun. We treat each other with respect. We cultivate pride in our work. We put massive amounts of work into our products.
We're privileged to be able to work each day with smart and talented people who are passionate about creating great software. All while treating customers with respect, making a living, and having fun.
Omni's distinctive productivity applications have won three Macworld Editors' Choice awards, a MacUser UK "Maxine" award, Macworld Expo Best of Show, two Mac Observer Editors' Choice Awards, an iPhone Alley Editors' Choice award, and five Apple Design awards.
Grayson hails from the south coast of Oregon. A competitive cyclist since the age of 14, Grayson dropped out of college after one year and raced in Belgium, France and Holland. After breaking a femur during a race in France, he returned to the states and attended Savannah College of Art and Design and Northern Arizona University. He holds a B.F.A. in visual communication.
At Omni, Grayson does graphic design work and manages the Design department. He spends as much time as possible kiteboarding in Baja, and stays in shape by going beast mode on the latest CrossFit equipment.
Making pixels is easy. They're just little squares of screen that look one color or the other. Now, figuring out where they need to go, that's the hard part. More important still is knowing where they shouldn't go. That's what Joel does, in his efforts to make icons and other sundry images, and he often abuses his powers as OmniGraffle Product Manager to make that job easier.
Ever since Mark was a young lad in southern Maryland, when he saw the TV special about the visual effects for The Empire Strikes Back, he knew he wanted to get into movies. Or TV. Or music. Or engineering. Or design. Or software. One of those. He still can't quite decide.
Mark used to work in cable TV, but now he spends his non-Omni hours watching every movie he can get his hands on, recording podcasts about them (and Star Trek), and searching for the ever-elusive perfect tiki drink.
After college, Derek moved from the Great Midwest. (Indiana) Now, of course, he's in the Great Pacific Northwest. (And loves it.) He's into "seriously considering" buying boats, sailing, fastpacking, attempting to roast better coffee, and brewing drinkable beer.
Derek writes some words here and there for Omni.
Chris is working on his story!
Brent — Chicago-born, Maryland-raised — moved to Seattle after high school. After working as a busboy, book pricer at Goodwill, secretary in a biology lab, and assistant to the Christmas buyer in a now-defunct home-and-hardware chain (not his fault), Brent stumbled into writing software, and he's happily stuck there ever since.
Until he switched over to marketing, that is, and now we just don't even know who he is any more.
Raised in Alabama (with a side trip to Scotland), Andrew spent a few years in the Atlanta area earning enough to buy a NeXTstation, before moving to Seattle in the mid-nineties. He joined Omni soon after and claims to still love it here. He appreciates the (all-too-short) Seattle summers and the beauty and variety of the region, though he misses thunderstorms and water warm enough to go swimming in. He enjoys refining concepts and rendering them to code, and capturing the world with his camera.
Dave hails from the wilds of Minnesota by way of eight years in Japan, where he was exposed to the mysterious mineral hot springs that are the source of his technical writing prowess. He honed those skills at a small software localization company before finding a home at Omni, where he treats crafting manuals and in-app help as a labor of love.
When not wordsmithing he can be found crafting tunes, running the regular Omni Pathfinder game, or immersed in the minutiae of sundry geek hobbies.
Ken Case is Chairman and CEO of the Omni Group, which he founded with Tim Wood and Wil Shipley. Ken is a computer geek at heart, and continues to contribute directly to building Omni's products. Before founding Omni in 1992, Ken consulted for NeXT and worked for the University of Washington.
Ken has developed software for over eighteen operating systems, but since finding the NeXT / Mac / iOS platform he's been happy to focus on the platform which he feels makes our team the most productive.
Tim graduated from the University of Washington with two bachelor's degrees, Computer Science and Pure Mathematics. After a long stint consulting for Fortune 500 companies, followed by a shorter one doing game ports, Tim is joyously immersed in growing Mac OS X consumer software. Tim is the team lead for OmniFocus and OmniOutliner as well as working on the Omni Frameworks and serving as the Vice President of Software Development.
Tim lives in Seattle with his wife, son, and daughter.
Molly has a keen eye for detail and a desire to optimize. And that's a good thing: she deals in what we call The Real World.
She's in charge of keeping us insured, microwave-game prevention and/or fallout, and gets the call at 3AM if a door breaks down.
She's happiest when she is buried deep in the function catalogue of a spreadsheet. Molly is a native PNWer that is actively offended by socks with sandals. She received her MBA at UW.
If you ask Aaron where he's from he will most likely tell you Missoula, Montana despite not having lived there since he was 18. After studying music in Boston he found himself qualified for a long and successful career in the street corner windshield washing industry. Fortunately he also is pretty adept at fixing stuff. In his spare time he can be found cycling, playing (or fixing) pinball games, making music or corralling his brood of children.
Jane describes herself as "a modest woman," but luckily there plenty of folks at Omni who will boast on her behalf. Dear reader, these facts are true: She rides a perhaps too cool blue motorcycle to work. She can often be seen rocking the skins in an arabic music band around the Seattle area. One of her previous bands was named "The Bucharest Drinking Team". Last but not least, she once played a clown show. In Hong Kong. We couldn't make this stuff up if we tried, people. Hear us now and believe us later: Jane is rad.
Born to a walrus somewhere outside of Singapore in 1356, Jordan Johnson would quickly become known as "Skrabblebrabzle," which in Malaysian loosely translates to, "He who rains friendly kidney pie on all of your children's toes." in honor of the great deeds of pie showering he performed. Jordan resurfaces in historical texts at the age of 20 stealing kidneys in Paris and selling them to the highest bidder. Eventually captured and imprisoned in the Bastille, he tunneled out 6 months with a baguette.
Born with a dollar and six dimes under the mountain Auyantepui in Salto Angel, Venezuela, his mother mistook him for a girl and named him Kristen in a moment of confusion. When she realized her mistake she decided to move him to the ghettos of California, but he ran away from the 'hood to the safety of Redondo Beach. When he found out about the life in Seattle he said to himself, "this is the last boat I will be on…."
Born in Nova Scotia, Canada, Ainsley arrived in Seattle following stints in Nevada and Eastern Washington. Having used Apple computers from an early age, she likes to tell the story about how she first used OmniGraffle as a ninth grader. Despite her natural affinity for computers and all things geeky, Ainsley graduated from the University of Washington with a Political Science degree.
In her free time, Ainsley can be found crafting, reading, and talking about how she should start running again.
A Support Human Emeritus, Dave took over Product Management duties for OmniFocus in the Summer of 2014. Born and raised in Seattle, he enjoys a quiet life at home with his wife, dog, and a rotating cast of hobbies (ask him about "meta-woodworking"). Prior to joining Omni, Dave made coffee and PowerPoint presentations about mobile phones (though not at the same time).
Derek is a native Seattleite and creator of things and cookies. He learned to program robots to do his bidding at UW, but preferred to avoid judgement day so he now breaks software and manages outlines. Rediscovering his passion for creating art of various forms, his house is now filled with art supplies. You can also find him out volunteering around the greater Seattle area with One Brick and helping to run it behind the scenes. His cats have their own Vine account.
Dan's first career was as a divemaster, where he lived aboard the boat and led both day and night dives during week-long cruises. In a bit of foreshadowing, he once managed to crash a dive computer while 50 feet underwater. Prior to joining Omni as a software tester, Dan tested at the University of Washington (his alma mater) and a large licensing agency (where he shifted careers to development but backtracked after spending some time with Java). Now he's a Product Manager and at home he raises children and chickens with his wife. It's a poultry life, up with the chickens in the morning to get the ducks in a row at work.
In 1995, Tom abdicated his position as a research consultant at the University of Washington, where his responsibilities included saving Pacific Northwest salmon stocks from near certain extinction to join Omni. (His reasons were sound!) Since joining Omni, Tom's clients have included Standard & Poors, Adobe Systems, Inc., Food.com, and MacPlay, Inc. Tom installs bugs in OmniPlan to keep Mr. Kwong busy. In his spare time, Tom wrangles his children.
Andrew has, in chronological order: been born, earned degrees in computer science and music theory, escaped Indiana, married, saved the environment, come to work at Omni, and fathered two very cute children. His best attributes, in random order: nerd cred (he has been caught talking to himself in Ewok), a handsome face (he was once mistaken for Josh Groban by a woman wearing a Josh Groban jacket), and mad skillz (see: the ever-improving OmniFocus). He is also very humble, which is why his wife wrote this bio.
Before moving to the Pacific Northwest to join Omni, Jim has studied physics, and written code for Bare Bones Software, and the SimCalc Project at the University of Massachusetts. He once spent a summer searching for exotic mesons. He also refuses to write a bio.
Tim wrote his first iOS app in 2008 as a quick project on a then-new iPhone 3G, with no intention of expanding his Objective-C skills. Years later, he somehow leveraged that project (and the dozens that followed) into a career with Omni, where he works mostly on OmniFocus.
Tim came to Seattle from Chicago, bringing with him a MacBook Pro and a 42U server rack. He maintains that the Nintendo 64 is the best console and has a deep affinity for Starbucks, which coincides well with Omni's location.
Shannon used to spend her spare time building apps. Having happily discovered that she can write code full-time and still have spare time, she now spends her spare time with her children, her knitting, and her apps. She is hardly ever bored.
Wim is afraid of both cameras and bios. ← That's pretty much all this web page has ever said about Wim, but
recently several years ago we learned some interesting information about Wim's childhood that we thought we would share. Years ago, a youthful and enterprising Wim installed a theremin behind a wall in his family's home - then he wired it into their intercom system. Whenever an unsuspecting victim would walk by, the instrument would come to life, filling the house with eerie wails.
Ryan grew up in Syracuse, NY which explains why he thinks that Seattle has fabulous weather year-round. In a previous life, he was a mechanical engineer and spent a few years designing airplane engines (so, yes, you should be afraid to fly). Realizing that he enjoyed algorithms and conditional loops over gears and coefficients of friction, Ryan went back to school and got his Masters in CS from George Washington University in 2003. When not programming, Ryan can be found outside on either a trail or a bike.
Greg was born and raised in the Seattle area, and strives mightily to achieve maximum stereotype status via coffee addiction, introversion, microbrews, game geekery, grunge music, and sailing on the sound with his lovely wife and two kids. He even enjoys the rain.
After a few rebellious teen years working at Microsoft, he came to the Omni Group, and has since touched - and broken - nearly every piece of code at one time or another.
Rachael's a knitter, a D&Der, a video game player, a sports fan, a wife, a sister, a friend, and that crazy lady down the way. Also, sometimes the walking undead. Not often, though.
Troy grew up near Seattle and has always known that this is his town. Keeping with the spirit of Seattle he fell in love with music and has devoted much of his studies to writing, performing and recording music. He has an "art" school degree in Audio Production where he learned the art of knob twiddling and that dynamic compression is way cooler than boring overused digital effects. Somehow, he wound up with us here at Omni where he currently spends his days building websites. And more.
Kristina Sontag is the Software Test Manager at The Omni Group and a 20-year software industry veteran. In addition to gleefully contributing to Omni's software quality, she knits, supports her local soccer teams, organizes code camps for middle-school girls and explores the Pacific Northwest with her son.
Michelle hails from Boilermaker country where she found her love of sports of all sorts. After college she moved to Florence Y'all, finding she was a pretty slow developer because she spent all of her time testing software. Fate rolled a natural 20 and voilà! Michelle became a software tester.
Brand new to Seattle because of its proximity to Maui—and because working at Omni is awesome—Michelle enjoys her cats, hockey, gaming, Gen Con, crafts, and reading.
Steve has roots in central Illinois and arrived in the northwest via Brooklyn, NY. He comes to us with years of field experience with Apple and a Psychology degree from the University of Illinois. In 2004, Steve decided Seattle was the place to be after taking a solo road trip in his 1977 VW Westy and enjoying coffee for the first time.
When he's not at Omni taking calls, you'll find him tackling TV show marathons with his girlfriend, playing guitar, and running. Steve is an INTP.
Evan gets to use our newest, coolest stuff before you do. It's in the pursuit of making it better for you. Maybe.
Aaron started out as a young Alaskan, surviving winters and finishing homework on his early Apple computers. He had to leave for reasons that are forever sealed in Alaska's juvenile records, and he ended up in Seattle. High school followed by art school, and a tour of duty at Apple retail. He's now testing and eating appz.
From being the geekiest member of a Shakespearean troupe, to being the most Shakespearean of a geeky troop, Orion brings a different take to tech. With a background in theatrical fisticuffs and swordplay, he is as fast with a quip as a dagger – and will use either, to solve a problem. Occasionally loud, and prone to dramatic turns of phrase, he's been a geek since he first turned on a TRS-80… and that Macintosh 128K blew his mind! He's been using Omni software since 2002, and is downright tickled to be part of the team.
Lanette hails from Seattle and combines a deep love of testing, glitter, kitties and terrible puns. Her test databases definitely have the highest incidence of cat pictures! Outside of work, she enjoys reading fantasy series, knitting and world travel. Enthusiastic about testing for over ten years, making cool stuff better gets her out of bed in the morning.
Jim is still working on a bio!
Brian grew up in the town where they put birds on everything. He spent 7 years getting a 4-year degree from a college that operates like a chapter out of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". In '99, he moved to Seattle "for a few years". He's still here.
He's part of Gen X, so his Amelio-era decision to get into Macs has not turned out at all like he expected. By virtue of being hired first, he's spent over ten years building our league of Support Humans. He feels pretty fortunate.
Aaron comes to Seattle from Florida via Boston. After no winters and decidedly real winters, he enjoys the pleasant fake winters that can be experienced in the Pacific Northwest.
Ever the trailblazer, Aaron enjoys the convenience that comes with sharing the most popular first name in the company. In addition to his support work, he writes music and occasionally provides old-timey radio voiceover for our promotional videos. He also pretends to be a foodie.
April grew up in South Park as a mechanic's daughter. She had to learn how to rebuild an engine before she was allowed to drive. Grease is not fun, though — computers are. Fast forward a few years, add a husband, three kids, and a dog. She loves helping folks learn about our products. In her free time, she likes shows and movies about robots and spaceships, often when they're making each other go Kaboom. She likes to do crafty things. Like woodworking, knitting, and sewing.
Anne is a sturdy human female with no obvious deformities who rarely smells bad. She married a Southerner despite the obvious cultural challenges. Then, they created an adorable smaller version of themselves. She's a beauty school dropout and former makeup-lady who sings in the Seattle Women's Chorus. She loves sci-fi, but won't watch dramas because of the feelings. And dramas that masquerade as comedies? No. She's also been known to organize things that don't need organizing.
Christian hails from Kentucky…and assures me he'll add more to this space.
Annette lends her Rainbow Dash loyalty and Ravenclaw planning skills to the Support team at Omni. She met her husband in a sci-fi class in college, has lived in seven different cities in California and one in Washington state, and got her MFA in Fiction at age 23. She enjoys hearing her daughter laugh, surprising her husband when she manages to say something humorous, and promoting empathy and connection through reading and writing good books.
Bethany is working on her story!
Kaia hails from San Francisco by way of Santa Cruz, with extensive family roots in the Puget Sound area. When she's not at work she's designing background art for her friends' video game projects, screaming into a microphone and making strange noises with her guitar that some might call music, longboarding, training in Muay Thai, and learning about information security and networking.


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In a series of interviews published in his native German, the 83-year-old Benedict is asked whether "the Catholic Church is not fundamentally against the use of condoms."
"It of course does not see it as a real and moral solution," the pope replies.
"In certain cases, where the intention is to reduce the risk of infection, it can nevertheless be a first step on the way to another, more humane sexuality," said the head of the world's 1.1 billion Catholics...
To illustrate his apparent shift in position, Benedict offered the example of a male prostitute using a condom.
"There may be justified individual cases, for example when a male prostitute uses a condom, where this can be ... a first bit of responsibility, to re-develop the understanding that not everything is permitted and that one may not do everything one wishes," Benedict was quoted as saying.
Let that sink in for a minute. The pope is saying condom use may be acceptable if you are a male prostitute... What exactly is this example supposed to illustrate?
I would love to say that maybe this is a first step toward the Catholic Church becoming a bit more progressive, but I suspect something else completely. It seems as though the pontiff is trying to seem more reasonable about condom use, while the only instances where it would be acceptable are obviously immoral to the church for other reasons (unless they're about to claim that male prostitutes are doing god's work). He's trying to appear willing to compromise, while actually making no effective change to the church's stance at all.
Until the pope, or some other senior church members, recants the ridiculous things said about condom use in Africa to reduce the spread of AIDS, it is impossible to thing anything but the status quo of the Catholic Church.


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Restoration Hardware Launch Party, NYC
If you have ever visited a Restoration Hardware store, then you will understand
when I say that all I wanted to do when I first stepped inside their Flatiron location last Thursday evening was stare at their opulent chandeliers and vegetate on their
massive tufted sectional. But I wasn't there to splay myself along their Soho chaise
lounge. I was there to dig for details about their newest collection and obsessively
photograph all my findings.
The launch party for their Spring collection, Exposed, featured deconstructed
pieces left intentionally stripped to reveal nail heads, wood frames, and burlap
accents, reflecting an old-world personality with a unique modern twist. Two of
the designers were gracious enough to show me a quartet of armchairs,
pinpointing all the details (including the antique cotton upholstery), while
describing the whole collection as 'French country, but edgy.'
During the event, the crowd enjoyed their fair share of bellinis, butternut squash
soufflé canapés, and model-waiters outfitted in head-to-toe black. The party mood
was elevated thanks to DJ Michael Smith and a 30-minute set by up-and-coming
British singer Edei. Despite having a canapé dropped on my leg and water spilled
on my lap, I did get to enjoy a mini ice cream sandwich and a quick 10-minute
breather on an enormous tufted bench fit for a large family. I also took a picture of
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Or the Koran, etc. etc.
My choices would be,
1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the looking glass and what alice found there. By Lewis Carroll
2. The Complete Hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy, by Douglas Adams.
3. Cats Cradle, By Vonnegut Jr. (Or almost anything by him, also particularly Sirens of the Titans)
What about you? What book or narative do you think presents a better understanding of Morality/reality/sexuality/ and/or spirituality, then the trash presented by the pig religions?
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'Which do you believe it is, James, are babies born with a belief in a god, or without? Pick one, it's that simple.'
Sadly it really is not that simple. Such a statement might indicate an unreasonable reductionism. I wish to suggest, IMHO, a more honest 3rd option. That babies have no preset position on the issue. Their existence is much more simple and unclutered, unlike ours which has grown in complexity as we mature. If you took a baby, attached electrodes to it's head or performed a function MRI, with exposure to theist and/or atheist ideas and/or symbolism, you would find no significant responce as to arousal/stimulation. You most likely would find a response to images of food and mother. I do not know if the experiment has been performed, but this could be considered my hypothesis. It seems unclear if this would satisfy you as an invalidation of the first assertion or 'babies are born atheist'. My position is based upon what I see as an unwarrented assertion, with a possible experiment to test it.
Many here speek to the scientific method, or the sciences as a possible ground for atheism, but we do not always demand the method as final arbitor. I am not a true believer in most things, but figure that experience and honesty will finally yield useful results. My present commitment is to an atheist world view, and I have not found any justification to change this, but after an extensive time exposed to theist mind games, I have become synsitized to their possible presence and action. Sadly, I find them a little too often amide the general functions of the surrounding culture, theist or not.
As you read this, I am not attempting a devious end run around what I see as a respectable vision of reality, but desire some measure of consistency as to method. I think that my classes in the Philosophy of Science might have caused a decay in my social skills, but I assure you that my heart/brains are in the right place.
Only consider what the assertion in question implys. Is the the whole story, or are we asserting knowledge we just do not have?
James, through your comments, I have known you for nearly a year, and I believe I can safely say that you don't have a devious bone in your body, in fact, I truly believe that if Diogenes had ever met you, he would have said, "That's it, I'm done - time to retire to a little place in Boca Raton!" so I would never accuse you of attempting an "end run."
That established, I suggest you reread your own first paragraph - stripped to its essence, you've said yourself that a newborn has absolutely no concept of a deity, and that's as close to the purest form of atheism that anyone can ever get.
It's not about choice or "preset positions," it's about presence or lack of presence. Want to see a true atheist? Show me a man who, when asked, "Do you believe in a god?" says, "What's a god?"
"What's a god?"
Thank you for the humor and fellowship.
I see the confounding of 'Predicated upon' VS 'Present in', an issue mention in Aristotle's Metaphysics I think. When a baby is born, they make their appearance, most of the time, into a social context. They are most likely tabla rasa, 'blank slate', as to cultural issues and values. From my previous point, I am asserting that because of this originating state, any lables imposed from the outside(metaphysical commitments), from us, are premature.
Your 'purest form of atheism', seems to harken back to theist concepts of the 'absolute', which seem strange, since my primary point is really questioning if the 'lables' from us are invalid. There is no desire to assert an absolute, but only to guestion if babies 'can' have any recognizable belief in 'atheism'. Our positions on reality, while interesting to us, are mostly not attainable for very young children due to limited cognitive development. But children do not stand still, and like us, explore the world. 'Atheism', might not be an original position, but could be an end point for their maturity as a adult.
Questioning the 'babies are atheist from birth', seems only a minor point for me, but I am concerned that honesty is not being served, via this assertion.
'Whats a god?' is a very good question. Can babies even construct the question and begin thinking about what it means? Adults, like us (yah just let me have this assertion..;p), have so much we take for granted from our socialization. New borns, have yet to develope anything like what we take for granted.
Ok, I'm done. This might all appear to be 'beating a horse', I hope it does not seem more nutty than neccesary.
Take care!
To paraphrase Einstein, "While I agree that your premise is nutty, my concern is with whether it's nutty enough." (Uncle Al used, "crazy." but "nutty" works too!)
Yeah, I got nothin' left either, but it's been fun, we'll have to do it again sometime.
A single sheet of paper with the "Rotarian" 4-way test written on it:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all involved?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and better FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all involved?
Every other rule for living in society can be boiled down to these :)
Anything by Jane Austen, C.S. Lewis, LOTR, Dune, Foundations, and Jurassic Park (just in case we decide to clone Dinos...), Hitchhiker's, and I think "The 40 dollar Tomato" would neatly replace lamentations.
Oh no hard feelings, I just know when to walk away ;)
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Leto's not the only one, either. Hollywood is positively bursting with celebs who either have a direct line from the Fountain of Youth into their impressively decked out mansions, or there's some vampire stuff going on.
Now THERE'S an idea for a movie.
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Born in Virginia, Minnesota and an alumnus of St. Cloud State, Matt spends his off-seasons in nearby Fargo, North Dakota. And it is in Fargo that we visit for a sensational whiffle ball tournament. Oh yeah, and a visit from the Stanley Cup!
Matt was more than a little anxious on Thursday, July 20. "Is the Cup on its way? Will it arrive in time for our whiffle ball tournament? I'd like to have the Cup here for the tournament if we possibly can. Has the Stanley Cup ever been to a whiffle ball tournament? Will this be the first one?"
It was an amazing tournament. Mark Parrish
hammered three homeruns for the Boxers but it
was Matt Cullen who took MVP honours. Truth
be told, because he negotiated to bring the
Stanley Cup to the whiffle ball tourney, he'd
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monstrous dinger and also made some
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including one where he reached over the fence
in fair territory to steal a surefire homer
from the Boxers. Matt and his Boxers (so to
speak) lost to the Briefs 19-17 who earned
the right to parade around the whiffle ball
field with the Stanley Cup. The Boxers cried
foul (literally they felt that a foul ball
had determined the game), however the Briefs
took the Cup followed by the Boxers, and led
into the house, where everyone took turns
sipping from the Stanley Cup.
When Matt was originally having the house built, he left an alcove above the fireplace for a specific reason. "That'll be perfect if I ever win the Cup," he said at the time. "I'll put it right in there." Sure enough, Matt lifted the trophy into the space and the Cup fit perfectly! A yellow spotlight dazzled as it bounced off the patina of Lord Stanley's Cup.
After spending a little longer sipping out of the Cup's bowl, the night came to an end with Matt Cullen and his wife Bridget taking the Stanley Cup to bed.
On the morning of Friday, July 21, Matt and the Cup were picked up by a Hummer limousine for the ride over to the Oxbow Golf and Country Club in Oxbow, North Dakota, where a golf tournament was set to tee off for Matt's charity, Cully's Kids.
Matt and Bridget set up Cullen's Children's Foundation in 2003, helping, among other things, children battling cancer. This was the second year for the golf tournament. On the way, after picking up Carolina teammate Andrew Ladd, Matt and Andrew laughed as they saw a sign perched just outside the golf course: 'Welcome to Oxbow, Stanley Cup. How about a peek?'
The Hummer pulled into the parking lot of the magnificent golf club. "I need my coffee," pleaded Matt, as he lifted the Stanley Cup out of the limo. "Where can I get a coffee?"
Matt didn't golf, instead making certain that each foursome had its picture taken with the Stanley Cup. Every once in awhile, Matt would lean over almost panic-stricken and query, "Any idea where I can get a coffee?"
Just after 10AM, a bus carrying a dozen children pulled into the Oxbow lot. The kids, all wearing orange t-shirts, filed off the purple and yellow vehicle accompanied by a family member. Matt and Bridget called out to each child by name as they stepped off the bus, and led them up the stairs to the clubhouse. Several of the kids are still undergoing treatment while a few others have beaten the brutal disease.
Each of Cully's Kids sat with the Stanley Cup, Bridget and Matt, a cup of coffee in hand. The bowl of the Cup was already filled with Hawaiian Punch, and the children were thrilled when Matt pulled out a handful of straws. "Grab a straw, you guys," Matt smiled. "Let's see if we can empty the Stanley Cup!" Each kid stuck a straw into the historic trophy and sucked hard to get a mouthful of punch. Matt, meanwhile, looked for another cup of coffee.
Matt then packed the Cup away and had the limo take him, Bridget and his Dad to the Moorhead Youth Hockey Arena, arriving just past noon. Moorhead, located just over the Red River and state line in Minnesota, had 1,000 people waiting excitedly for the Cup and the Hurricanes' champion to arrive.
Matt slid the Stanley Cup onto the ice for a sensational aerial shot that included him, the Cup and each current player in the Moorhead Youth Hockey Association.
Matt then took the Stanley Cup to his childhood home in Moorhead. His Mom still lives there, and had a superb home-cooked meal ready for the troops - lasagna, salad and fruit. Bridget, Matt, his Dad and two brothers were greeted by his Mom Nancy, his grandmother and his sister Annie, a national diving champion. "Mom, do you have any coffee," asked Matt.
The Cup was then taken to Playmakers House of Rock, a local club. From 5 until 7, the Stanley Cup was displayed in the parking lot of the club, where close to 1,000 fans lined up to get pictures and autographs. "Matt, hold it up," hollered one guy. "I ran 300 miles uphill to get here!"
Matt laughed. "I almost believed you for a second, pal. Then I remembered there are no hills anywhere near here!!"
At 7, Matt took the Stanley Cup inside Playmakers. Before the party was set to begin, Matt winked. "Watch this, I'm going to punk Aaron Ward!"
"Hey, Wardo, it's Cully," he started, having dialed Aaron from his cellphone. "What's going on? You're at the Tigers game? Listen, I got a little problem here I've gotta talk to you about. The Stanley Cup can't come to your party. We were having a few laughs and the Cup got dropped." After pausing a second or two, with an incredulous Ward stating that he had to contact his wife to change their celebration arrangements, Matt continued. "I know it sucks and no, I'm not joking! The Hockey Hall of Fame has to ship it off to Montreal to get fixed. No, I'm NOT kidding. It's damaged, Aaron. I mean, it was an accident, but it's still damaged."
Cullen waited a second and inherently knew it was time to draw the prank to a close. "Busted! Wardo, I gotcha! You so believed me! I'm up 1-0!"
Aaron Ward, who was Cullen's teammate with the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, will be Matt's teammate with the New York Rangers in 2006-07. He had one statement to conclude the call. "Cullen, you're a lightweight! You'll get yours in New York. And one more thing," he chuckled. "Cully, you're dead!"
The party that evening was a rocking affair. A silent auction included a private box to a Minnesota Twins ballgame, a signed Bobby Orr jersey, miscellaneous other jerseys and sticks and the very first New York Rangers' jersey with 'CULLEN' on the back and the number 5 he'll wear in New York. "I wanted 8 but that number isn't available," explained Matt. "I like single digits and my agent suggested that I take 5, so that's what I'll be wearing." Matt explained how he was melancholy about leaving the Hurricanes but excited about the new opportunity with the Rangers. The Cullen Rangers' jersey, by the way, went for $3,000!
Like last year, Cullen hired The Zambonis to perform. The rock band from Connecticut performs all hockey-themed songs, including their most recognized track, 'I Wanna Drive the Zamboni.' But the band encountered inclement weather on the East Coast and had their flights cancelled, so while Matt hugged another cup of coffee, the band found three different flights to get to the show on time. And they did�with moments to spare. Wearing Hartford Whalers' jerseys, The Zambonis rocked Playmakers and made certain everyone in attendance had a memorable evening. Among those in the crowd were 'Canes teammate Mike Commodore, Patrick Eaves of the Ottawa Senators, and the New York Islanders' Jason Blake.
At 2AM, Matt and his wife Bridget, who is expecting their first child any day now, took the Stanley Cup and about 50 friends over to a local hotel where they had reserved the boardroom for late night pizza and beer. At 2:45, a cup of coffee in hand to keep him alert, Matt drove the Stanley Cup to Fargo International Airport, where it was destined for Detroit and a day with Aaron Ward.
"It was just unbelievable," beamed Matt, whose Cullen's Children's Foundation garnered close to $240,000 over the course of the weekend's events. "It went way better than I expected. I never would have anticipated things turning out the way they did! Thank you for helping make a difference!"
Aaron drove the Cup to his home in Bloomfield Hills, a lovely suburb of Detroit and just across the river from his birthplace of Windsor, Ontario. The first order of business was heading to a professional photography studio, where Aaron, his wife Kelly, toddling son Liam and newborn Libby had family pictures taken.
Then, it was back to the family home for a backyard barbecue. Not a trick was missed hamburgers and hotdogs were grilled, macaroni and cheese was there for others and an ice cream truck sat in the driveway, ready to hand out freezing treats on a sizzling hot day. An inflatable castle designed for jumping kept the children occupied all afternoon (between bites of ice cream).
At 4:30, Aaron visited the kids at C.S. Mott's Children's Hospital, located at his alma mater, the University of Michigan. Taking the Stanley Cup from room to room, Ward would greet each young patient with, "Hi there! How's it going? Do you think you have room for the Stanley Cup on your bed?" No one, as you might imagine, was unable to find room for Lord Stanley's Cup.
Each child got a pennant and an autographed team Stanley Cup poster. "There's my ugly mug, right there," he'd say, pointing out his picture, complete with playoff beard. Each child would stare at the photo, then look up at Aaron, quickly breaking into a monstrous grin. It was all most in the room could do to keep the tears from tumbling down their cheeks.
"I just find it so redeeming to bring the Stanley Cup here," Ward explained. "The kids are so appreciative of the visit." It comes as no surprise, therefore, that Aaron Ward was Carolina's nominee for the King Clancy Trophy, going to the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice, and who has made a noteworthy contribution to his community.
After leaving the hospital, Ward took the Stanley Cup to nearby Novi for a visit to Tequila Rain. An area of the club had been closed off to the public, allowing Aaron and 100 guests to enjoy a private party. Wearing wristbands to designate that they were to be recipients of an open bar, the guests enjoyed shishkebob, vegetable dumplings and jumbo shrimp (isn't that an oxymoron?!?)
After 10PM, much of the area was opened so that the public could get a look at the Stanley Cup. Stanchions were erected so that Aaron's guests could still enjoy a private area.
As the sun rose on a Sunday morning, Aaron and Kelly gave Baby Libby a bubble bath in the bowl of the Stanley Cup. Then, Aaron and Kelly and the kids joined his mother and her parents at Gest Omelettes in the Newberry Square Shopping Plaza in Commerce Township. Back at the house, more photographs were taken, including Aaron with the actual Stanley Cup as well as the miniature Cups won as a member of the Detroit Red Wings' championship squads of 1997 and 1998. Aaron also wore his two Stanley Cup rings, and tried to figure out which finger should sport the latest, won as a member of the 2006 Carolina Hurricanes!
On Tuesday, the Stanley Cup Journal reveals how the rest of the time was spent in the Detroit area, including visits to the Karmanos family and to Chad LaRose. See ya!
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Isle of Man TT star and World Endurance Championship rider, Michael Rutter injured himself this week while training with the Honda TT Legends EWC squad in France. Crashing on his Honda CBR1000RR endurance race bike, Rutter broke his leg at Dunlop's Mireval test track, and was diagnosed with a crack at the base of his tibia.
"It didn't feel too bad at first and I was walking around after the crash but we thought it was best to get an x-ray done just to be sure," explained Rutter. "That revealed a crack at the base of my tibia near the ankle joint. I was given crutches and a temporary cast so I can get back to the UK and get it sorted out. Hopefully it won't take too long to heal and I'll be back on the bike as soon as possible."


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Ask MiLB.com: Did they swap teams?
Minor League fans have questions, we've got some answers
By MiLB.com Staff | September 23, 2010 6:00 AM
Have a question? Shoot us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com
It looks like the website has Oklahoma City assigned to the Astros and Round Rock assigned to the Rangers on the team affiliation page. If I'm not mistaken, it should be the other way around. -- "J Victory"
You're mistaken. The Rangers and Astros essentially swapped Triple-A affiliations this month when Nolan Ryan's purchase of the Rangers was finalized, and the team mixed up its farm system. The RedHawks announced the details of their switch to Houston this week.
Trying to locate the team that Alex Joseph Thieroff is with now. [He] was with a Minors team supported by the Diamondbacks and then the Mariners, but now I have lost track. Please help me find this young man. -- "Musicman"
You can search for any Minor League player using the player search bar at the top of MiLB.com. Thieroff was released by Arizona after the 2009 season and did not play in the Minors in 2010.
Where can you go to apply for employment opportunities with any of the teams? Especially in Florida? -- Mike & Carol
The 17th annual Minor League Baseball Job Fair will be held from Dec. 5-8 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Fla., so that would probably be a great place to start. For more information on the PBEO Job Fair, please visit pbeo.com. You can also contact Minor League teams in Florida directly -- most teams have contact info on their respective websites. Good luck!
How come I cannot find out playoffs results on the Tennessee Smokies? I look up my grandson Craig Muschko and only find out results to the last league game? -- Fred M.
Complete Southern League playoff coverage can be found on the Southern League's site as well as on MiLB.com. That page also includes postseason stats, including those of Mr. Muschko.
I am looking for a hobby to keep me busy. I was wondering if you have any type of free memorabilia, autographed items, old things that might be laying around the office. -- Wayne R.
We have some TVs, NYC take-out menus and media guides around the MiLB.com office, but that's about it. Individual teams would probably have more souvenir-type items -- you may want to reach out to clubs directly. There's also quite a selection of souvenirs and merchandise on the MiLB.com Shop as well as autographed and game-used equipment in MiLB Auctions.
I am an Alabama alumnus and I was just wondering about the status of Kent Matthes and Josh Rutledge in the Rockies organization? --Andrew B.
Rutledge "was injured a few weeks into the season and though he was listed as day-to-day, he never saw any more playing time after early August," according to Class A Short Season Tri-City. Matthes, according to Class A Asheville, went to the disabled list at the beginning of June and left Asheville. "He was lost for the rest of the season. It was a serious knee issue." It's unclear if surgery was required.
I was curious to know what happened to the segment about Minor League Players making their Major League debuts called Movin' On Up? -- Scott H.
It was a segment we started in 2009, but it didn't continue this season when the writer left MLB.com. We may try to bring back something similar in the future.
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In the ultimate rugged Colorado, State Forest State Park offers visitors 71,000 acres of forest, jagged peaks, alpine lakes, wildlife and miles of trails. The park stretches along the west side of the Medicine Bow Mountains and into the north end of the Never Summer Range.
Moose is our claim to fame. North Park is considered the moose viewing capital of Colorado, with over 600 moose to be observed year-round.
State Forest State Park has something for everyone in every season. With so much room and diversity, visitors can experience a bountiful array of outdoor recreational favorites such as camping, hiking, four-wheeling, horseback riding, skiing, snowshoeing, telemarking, snowboarding, snowmobiling, fishing, hunting, birding, wildlife viewing and geocaching.
Lodging is available year-round
with cabins that overlook the North Michigan Reservoir and Yurts and Huts in
beautiful locations throughout the park. For additional information, please visit the Cabins and Yurts pages.
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Veteran British actor Robin Sachs, perhaps best-known to the masses for his role as Ethan Rayne in the Buffy TV series, has passed away suddenly at the age of 61.
Details on the nature of his death are yet to be made public.
Sachs may be better known to you guys, though, as the voice of Lord Pyral Harrowmont in the first Dragon Age, or the cranky old mercenary Zaeed in the Mass Effect series.
Tragic News [robinsachs.com]
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Legendary tells the story of Charles Deckard, an art thief who is duped into stealing Pandora's Box. When he opens the box, he releases hordes of beasts thought to be fictional -- werewolves and gryphons and all means of beast and demon -- into an unprepared modern world. A full scale war between man and myth begins, and it is quickly complicated by the actions of powerful secret societies. As the person responsible for releasing this terror, Deckard's unwittingly become the only person capable of containing it once more and saving civilization from being destroyed by the terrifying creatures of the box.
Gamecock Media Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SouthPeak Interactive Corporation, announced today that Spark Unlimited's shot in the arm to the shooter genre, Legendary, is now available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, with the Games for Windows version to be shipping on November 18. Take the role of master thief Charles Deckard as he battles to stay alive against the mythical creatures he unwittingly releases from Pandora's Box. Read More »
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Also known as: Legendary: The Box [working title]
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New focus on fisherman's 2002 murder
The Southeastern Connecticut Cold Case Task Force has revived the investigation of the unsolved 2002 homicide of Westerly fisherman Christopher Schmeller after receiving new information.
"We have some guys working really hard on it," said Kenneth W. Edwards Jr. of the chief state's attorney's office.
The task force draws officers from several local police agencies to take a fresh look at unsolved homicide cases. Of the five cases the task force is concentrating on, the Schmeller investigation is the one with the most traction right now, Edwards said. He said he could not elaborate on the new information but that task force members have been in touch with Schmeller's father and brother.
Schmeller, 31, had gone missing eight days before his body was discovered Oct. 8, 2002, on a sloped embankment off Parkway South in Waterford. The state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled he died of blunt trauma to the head. His body likely was disposed at the site after he was killed.
"It's quite apparent the murder didn't occur in Waterford," Edwards said. "Where the actual murder occurred we don't know, but all indications are that it was somewhere in the Pawcatuck area."
The governor's office has authorized a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Schmeller's death. The task force has hung fliers in businesses and other public places throughout local towns and villages, including Pawcatuck, Westerly, Stonington, Ashaway, R.I., and Charlestown, R.I.
Schmeller, who had a history of domestic violence, larceny and drug-related crimes, was last seen in the Pawcatuck area on Sept. 26, 2002. He had been scheduled to appear in court in Wakefield, R.I., that day. A friend he was staying with told The Day that another close friend dropped Schmeller off at court that morning.
At that point, he became nervous about being left on his own because a man he feared had shown up to see him in court. The police received information that he was dropped off in Pawcatuck, which was the last place he was seen.
The cold case investigators are working with the New London state's attorney's office as they attempt to obtain an arrest warrant.
The state's attorney's office has successfully prosecuted several cold cases in recent years, winning convictions and life sentences for the killers of April Dawn Pennington in 1996 and Renee Pellegrino in 1997.
The office secured convictions on lesser charges and shorter sentences for suspects arrested in other cold cases, including the 1993 strangling death of Bertha Reynolds in Norwich and the 2006 shooting death of Sean Hill, also in Norwich.
State's Attorney Michael L. Regan said cold cases by their nature are difficult to prosecute.
"When the original police departments looked at them, they were difficult," he said. As time goes by, they get even more difficult.
In the Reynolds case, Regan said the state ran into memory issues with witnesses and lost evidence and experts from the medical examiner's office who were no longer employed by the state. But the case served as a learning experience and his office remains committed to resolving cold cases, Regan said.
"Just because a case is difficult doesn't mean we're going to drop it," he said.
The regional cold case task force has more than 20 unsolved homicides dating back to 1978 to work with, but it is concentrating on five cases.
In addition to the Schmeller homicide, they are looking the hardest at the December 2012 shooting death of Kyle Seidel in Waterford; the fatal beating of Anthony Hamlin in Ledyard in January 2006; the March 1995 stabbing death of William Spicer in Groton; and the March 1984 strangulation of Desiree Michaud in Groton.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Connecticut Cold Case Hotline at (866) 623-8058 or the New London State's Attorney's office at (860) 443-2835.


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A poem for today…
I do not know if Shel Silverstein is actually vegetarian or vegan, but he wrote this great poem:
Point of View
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless,
Christmas dinner's dark and blue,
When you stop and try to see it
From the turkey's point of view.
Sunday dinner isn't funny
Easter feasts are just bad luck,
When you see it from the viewpoint
Of the chicken or the duck.
Oh, how I once loved tuna salad,
Pork and lobsters, lamb chops, too,
Till I stopped and looked at dinner
From the dinner's point of view.
I love it and I think it is great for young kids to read when trying to explain vegetarianism. Hope you enjoy this kind prose as much as I do.


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As soon as I saw this in my inbox, I knew I wanted Fresh's Sugar Rose Tinted Lip Treatment! Their original lip treatment packed with fresh lemony goodness was my gateway product into Fresh's line and now they have some new for us to drool over.
This was made available to Sephora's Beauty Insiders yesterday and is already sold out… can you believe it? I'm a little sad that I wasn't able to order this in time but I guess I'll just have to be patient and wait until it's available.
Sure, $22.50 is quite a bit for a lip balm but there's a reason this Fresh's Sugar Rose Tinted Lip Treatment sold out so quickly, lips love this treatment. I'm definitely getting this once it's available, are you? What do you think of the original? Let us know in the comments.


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|Session Name:
|A Theory of Fun 10 Years Later
|Raph Koster
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|Playdom, San Diego
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|Ten years ago, at the very first Austin Game Conference, online gaming pioneer Raph Koster delivered an inspiring keynote on why games matter, how they teach players, and what fun is. That talk served as the foundation for his valuable book, A Theory of Fun for Game Design, challenging game makers to build entertaining, engaging, and addictive experiences. Now, for the tenth anniversary of his presentation, Koster will revisit A Theory of Fun to discuss what has changed in the science and the theory in the intervening years.


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All About – Aunt Molly's Ground Cherries!
Ground cherries (also known as husk tomatoes) were recorded as early as 1837 in Pennsylvania. Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry is a Polish variety cherished for its unique super sweet taste! They are generally easy to grow.
Ground cherries should start bearing fruit in late July to August and continue until the first frost. If the fruit falls to the ground before they are ripe, don't worry! Simply gather up the dropped cherries with the husks on and keep them at room temperature …Read More »