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Life Experience: UAlbany Students Train for a Forensic Career
By Greta Petry (December 10, 2007)
Bloody footprints, shell casings, trace fibers -- it's just another day at the office for UAlbany senior Danielle Conklin.
Conklin, an aspiring forensic scientist and chemistry major, interns at the New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center which not only offers her college credit, but valuable work experience, as well.
"Every day is different, and you are able to apply what you learn from classes to your everyday analysis in actual forensic labs," said Conklin of Deposit, New York.
"The internship is certainly a phenomenal opportunity for students to participate in real-world forensic and other science activities as a forerunner to a career," said Assistant Professor Jason Shepard, who teaches Conklin's senior-level forensic chemistry courses. At the lab, Conklin worked under the supervision of a team of forensic scientists, including former detective Bradley Brown and Garry L. Veeder.
The state police collaborate with UAlbany through the forensic chemistry program in order to train expert personnel who, over the next decade, are needed to fill an estimated 10,000 forensics jobs nationwide.
The UAlbany Chemistry Department's forensics laboratory houses instrumentation identical to the actual forensics labs across the street at the Forensic Investigation Center. This mirror laboratory is where the UAlbany chemistry students get their first look into the daily lives of working forensic scientists. With her familiarity, Conklin has led class tours of the actual Forensic Investigation Center laboratory, relaying her experiences to other students.
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
National Steeplechase Association Kicks Off 2010 Season As Organization Charts a Course for Growth
The National Steeplechase Association's 2010 racing season begins March 20 with the traditional kickoff at Aiken, S.C. In all, the NSA's spring season encompasses 19 race meets extending from Georgia to Pennsylvania. The historic Tanglewood Steeplechase in Clemmons, N.C., is returning to the NSA schedule on May 8. (See spring schedule at bottom.)
As the new season opens, NSA President Guy J. Torsilieri and the Board of Directors are charting a course for growth for the steeplechase sport in 2010 and beyond. Despite the economic recession, American steeplechasing held its own in 2009. "While much of horse racing was contracting, we added races to our schedule, and the Queen's Cup meet returned to the spring lineup," Torsilieri said in a letter to the NSA's members and supporters. (The full text of the letter is available on the National Steeplechase Association's website, http://www.nationalsteeplechase.com.)
Torsilieri said that increasing race purses will be a goal in 2010 and beyond, and the NSA is actively preparing for the June 30 departure of Chief Executive Officer Lou Raffetto to pursue other interests in the Thoroughbred racing industry. Torsilieri said the NSA Board of Directors will be deeply involved in the transition. "Collectively, the NSA board represents decades upon decades of experience in running race meets, acting as racing officials, owning or training racehorses, and providing leadership to the sport in so many ways," Torsilieri said.
"As a board, we are determined to marshal this bounty of knowledge and apply it to keeping American steeplechasing on a growth path. It can be done, and it will be done. It will take lots of hard work, and it will require both the patience and persistence of our NSA board, our executive staff, our race chairmen, our horsemen, and our members. Together, we can lead American steeplechasing toward a bright future. And, we will."
National Steeplechase Association Spring 2010 Schedule
Race Meet Location Date
Aiken Spring Aiken, SC Saturday, March 20
Carolina Cup Camden, SC Saturday, March 27
Stoneybrook Raeford, NC Saturday, April 3
My Lady's Manor Monkton, MD Saturday, April 10
Block House Tryon, NC Saturday, April 17
Grand National Butler, MD Saturday, April 17
Middleburg Middleburg, VA Saturday, April 17
Atlanta Kingston, GA Saturday, April 24
Foxfield Spring Charlottesville, VA Saturday, April 24
Maryland Hunt Cup Glyndon, MD Saturday, April 24
Queen's Cup Mineral Springs, NC Saturday, April 24
Virginia Gold Cup The Plains, VA Saturday, May 1
Winterthur Winterthur, DE Sunday, May 2
Iroquois Nashville, TN Saturday, May 8
Tanglewood Clemmons, NC Saturday, May 8
Willowdale Kennett Square, PA Sunday, May 9
Radnor Malvern, PA Saturday, May 15
Strawberry Hill New Kent, VA Saturday, May 15
Fair Hill Fair Hill, MD Saturday, May 29
Read more articles in the National Steeplechase Association category.

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4/24 RBI & speed base-running
I have no clue why I have so many two-out RBI. Ron Washington pointed it out to me last year. He told me that with two outs, I drive in more runs than I do with less than two outs. He was trying to figure out what my approach was. I said, I'm just trying to bring them in, bottom line. I don't know. When you see a guy out there, you have to try to keep your focus and try not to do too much and not change anything as far as trying to put the ball in play. I try to relax a little more and just touch the ball — I learned that from Bobby Abreu. He's unbelievable driving guys in. Just hit it where it's pitched and sort of flick at the ball and let it hit your bat instead of really trying to drive the ball into the gap.
I don't think about the pitcher at all, not one bit. I try to stick to my game plan and try to keep it simple and clear my head as much as possible. The more you start thinking, the more you forget about the ball. I just try to see the ball and put it in a good spot and not try to do too much.
I've always run fast. No. 1, coming up, watching Scott Rolen. Two, I don't want to show up anybody. Regardless of what happens, you hit the ball, you might see it go out, but when you get around the bases, get around to make sure you're not showing up any pitchers. There's one way I play the game and that's hard. I believe that's important. Just get aorund the bases, get home, high five and get ready for defense.
Rolen may not be that fast but he runs hard around the bases. You watch him — he hits homers, puts his head down and runs around the bases. It's one thing that stuck in my head. it's pretty cool because my cousin Roger, his son was playing and hit a home run and ran around the bases fast. Roger asked him why he ran around the bases that way, and he said, "That's what Marlon does." I'll take a guy sprinting around the bases over someone who takes 40 seconds to get around on a homer.
— Marlon
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Hey Marlon! Just wanted to leave a note that my friends and I were just discussing lat night about how much effort you put in on every play. Nice slide at home plate last night! We appreciate a player who goes out and gives it everything on every night. Keep up the great work! GO CUBBIES!!!
"That's what Marlon does." I think that's the perfect answer right there. Another great game tonight, Marlon – love watching ya!
Hey Marlon, do you talk to the other guys on the team about having that same kind of approach when they go up to bat. Maybe they're thinking too much about the situation or some scenerio. When all they need to do is exactly what you do and just say "I need to find a way to bring them in and just touch the ball" Sometimes maybe they just think too much and think their way into a third out. Thanks for coming to Chicago and tell Ramirez to get off his high horse and listen to Rudy. Ramirez is good but he can be Great if he just humble himself for the Team.
Love watching you round the bases with the quickness. Keep up the good work! Also, what's your favorite Little Brother track?
Thank you for hustling! I get so frustrated watching players jog down the baselines or in the outfield. They are making too much money to jog.
You are doing an awesome job in Chicago. Proud to have you on the team. Even prouder at the example you are setting for the team, young players (including your cousin), and the city itself.
Go Cubbies!
It makes the pitcher feel like he is in for a long day, running around the bases like that after a homer. Like he is going ot have to work for everything against you guys. I like it. I find it more intimidating than the other options.
You have great instincts Marlon. I knew you were a good player, I had no idea how good! Glad you're on our side.
Hey Marlon,
awesome that you now have a blog!! Miss you here in Texas. Hope all is well and I hope you have a monster season for the Cubbies!! See you later this season in Texas!!
I love Byrd's style. Great attitude about running around bases and just hussling in general. He doesn't slack off. Love the comraderie I see in the outfield when he is around. Byrd is definitely a favorite player!! Hot bat!
I'm a Red Sox fan, but as a fan of a team that were underdogs for so many decades, I've always appreciated the Cubs and I always root for them to win the NL.
That said, Byrd has made me even more a Cubs fan. What a class act. I first started really noticing him last year in Texas. The guy is so consistent, a truly great player.
Marlon if the season ended tomorrow you would be the Cubs MVP keep up the great play. I feel if this team can get a little streak going were going to give the Cards a run for there money. One thing we have over them is depth in our pitching.
and that will show up when we get into late July and August. Go Cubs.
I hated it when the Cubs decided not to sign Reed Johnson, but they got a hard-working, classy, great player to take his place. Go, Byrd. I love your attitude and your hard work. Glad your a Cub. Keep up the good work.
Marlon Byrd is the best thing that happened for the Cubs and Chicago in a very long time. I've been a hard-core Cub fan for 20 years now, and I can't remember liking a player as much as I like Marlon. Marlon if you're reading this, we love you man! It's players like you that make this such a great game. We hope your here for a very long time! Rick.
Welcome to the Cubs Marlon! You have quickly became one of my favorite players. You hustle everyday no matter what's going on and I respect that. I hope you have many more years in Chicago. 🙂
Byrd is the Wyrd!
Anyway, I love the Victory hug after every win. Tell Soriano that we hug in Chicago now, no hops. Hope to see at least 90 hugs this season.
Keep it up Big Byrd!
hey marlon just wanted to say great web gem on 4/29
Marlon, keep up the great work.
I know you guys don't need any distractions now, but have you looked into the new AZ anti-immigrant law? Basically, it legalizes police harassment of anyone who looks like he or she might be an illegal immigrant (i.e., is not white). I bring this up because I don't see how MLB can do spring training there with that law on the books. Maybe you should talk to your player rep. If the Cubs and other teams started making plans now for going to FL next yr, maybe the AZ folks would notice. Just a thought.
i hate the cubs i cant stand them they are all jerks especially alfonso soriano i mean come on he makes stupid choices he drops the ball all the time and lets face it the cubs havent won in a century.
Hey Marlon,
When you got signed to the Cubs I didn't really know who you were because I don't really follow the American league but my Step-Dad, who is a White Sox fan does and the first thing he told me when I mentioned to him that we picked you up this off season was, "Marlon Byrd, that guy seems like a real class act, stand-up guy." After watching your interviews and how you play out there I am in complete agreement with that sentiment. Have a great season and I look forward to watching you patrol center. Cheers.
Not only are you a great player but your attitude is very positive. I love to watch you play. Me and my father watch every game and you are becoming our favorite player.You are just what our cubbies needed to roll this year!I also love your sense of humor on the field,it's nice to see players having fun out there.Thank you for coming to Chicago!!
I absolutely loved Reed Johnson for his style of play, and was crushed when he wasn't re-signed by the Cubs. Fortunately, I got him local, here in L.A. — but even more fortunately, the Cubbies brought in a hella gamer in you, Marlon! Just like Fukudome altered the style of the whole team when he first came in — smart at-bats and BBs increased exponentially — I believe that your hard work, dedication, and flair for the business at hand — playing smart baseball and winning games! — will really help the rest of the team. Thank you for doing what you do, man!
One more note: we all know you weren't the Cubs' "first" choice to replace the previous MB. But I could NOT be happier with the result. You're awesome!!
Clutch hiting is important, some the best players like edgar were clutch at hiting in a 2 out postions. Thats what makes the best players


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Bear In Heaven's new album is aptly titled Time is Over One Day Old. It's a record with a visceral relationship to time and its processes. Where invulnerability and ambition can support you as you grow, at some point they become dead weight, and being true to yourself means casting them off, starting anew. This plays out as a powerful analogy for the band across the arc of it's career. They've always made intriguing records, here especially. It's easy to see why musicians fall hard for this band. They entice and envelop you. Any Bear In Heaven song will most likely greet you with a provocative beat, textural synthesizers and unassuming but adeptly supportive bass and guitar, all exquisitely arranged and glistening. Jon Philpot's high, smooth, strong voice is so tightly wound into the music that it can be easy to overlook the lyrics, Bear In Heaven's capacious third dimension. Philpot is a center-seeking, contemplative writer who captures the fleeting thoughts that underscore our emotional lives, the interactions with the world that are both difficult to express and anathema in daily conversation. While all of this can be said of any Bear In Heaven album, each varies wildly in tone and approach. 2007's Red Bloom of the Boom is ambitious and experimental. Beast Rest Forth Mouth (2009) was a pivotal record that still feels important, seductive and intense. On their 2012 LP I Love You, It's Cool the structural and musical ideas are challenging, and masterfully developed. For Time is Over One Day Old, we witness the band once again turning their gaze inward and prioritizing their evocative abilities in line with or even slightly ahead of technical skills. It feels very much in the tradition of BRFM in that way. It's beautiful; it's moving. Here Philpot and Adam Wills are more deeply collaborative than ever. This album is darker at times, louder than their others; it feels personal and direct. "If I Were To Lie" places Wills' bass groove front and center, "Demon" is riveting and propulsive in spite of its dark pointed lyric, and "They Dream" dissolves into three and a half minutes of deeply satisfying ambient synth work in its second half. Wills has always been the bands anchor, providing rock solid, rhythmic bass lines and guitars that blur the boundaries of Philpot's synth. Though in moments such as the final track, "You Don't Need The World," Wills cuts through with an audacious, biting guitar hook. It's a great culmination of the album's sense of release. This album isn't about being dark, it's about releasing darkness and frustration. When bands age well, their vitality takes shape. They wear, but with intention. They trim excesses. Throughout this album you'll hear a band at peace with themselves. They've learned to cut back on that which is merely impressive and to concentrate on simply what is crucial. For Philpot this is about making something lasting. "A lot of shedding, getting rid of layers and preconceptions… breaking up with old ways of thinking, old ways of being, starting to look at this thing in a new way and finding something positive." The result is a record that will stay with you.
I Love You, It's Cool is the first time Bear in Heaven has sounded so unapologetic and so evolved, so risky and so redeeming, so focused and so finessed. After years of restless exploration, this feels like a definitive arrival. I Love You, It's Cool is music written in the present tense but ready to speak to the future. The work is its own rarified reward.
Bear in Heaven have trapped echos, tremors, winds, and fading light. They've redefined time, and folded it. They've unbuttoned sound, and realigned it. Within four walls in Brooklyn, Jon Philpot, Adam Wills, Sadek Bazaara, and Joe Stickney mined the democracy of their collaboration, plus the endless hours of stream-of-consciousness recorded documentation of rehearsals over the past years, to conceive the crystalline form of Beast Rest Forth Mouth, their second album, their exaltation.
The first manifestation of Bear In Heaven's Beast Rest Forth Mouth, the Wholehearted Mess 12" EP is pressed in jewel-like multicolored vinyl. Bear In Heaven curated remixes of the single "Wholehearted Mess" from Pink Skull, Max Brannslokker, and Arclike, resulting in the creation of a unique tributary off Bear In Heaven's own musical flow and in a bona fide banging dance-friendly record. Limited to 1000. Comes with a digital download, so you can take it with you.
"Red Bloom of the Boom" marks the in-between moment of Jon Philpot's solo explosion becoming a full band's orchestra of sound. "We started clean and natural and as time passed we twisted, distorted and tweaked. After all that we're as handsome as ever," says Philpot, in a simple-yet-accurate explanation of the monster of a band that Bear In Heaven, unassumingly walking the streets of Brooklyn, has so suddenly, but deliberately, become.


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Libraries give open-shelf browsing access to more than 7,000 DVDs
Libraries give open-shelf browsing access to more than 7,000 DVDs
Visitors to Pattee Library can now browse the collection of more than 7,000 DVDs in the Walter and Doris Goldstein Music and Media Center, Pattee Library, floor 2, west. Responding to patron requests, the DVDs have been moved to publicly accessible shelves and are arranged in Library of Congress call number order. DVDs can be checked out for seven days and renewed, if needed longer.
Used for teaching, learning, and research, the Music and Media Center collection has been developed by librarians with subject expertise in the humanities, arts, communications, social sciences, and life sciences in support of curricular needs in the College of Arts and Architecture and the College of the Liberal Arts. To ensure titles needed for classes are available, instructors may place DVDs and other media on reserve for their courses via the Book/Media Reserve Request Form at https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/secure/forms/reservesforms/bookres.html or by sending an email message to the reserves team at firstname.lastname@example.com
This semester more than 50 instructors have placed more than 500 DVDs on course reserve. DVDs on course reserve as well as VHS tapes and other (non-DVD) media in the Music and Media Center will continue to be retrieved for users from the staff-only area.
The Music and Media Center also houses playback equipment including CD and DVD players, VCRs, and turntables, as well as computers with sound and video cards and DVD drives.
In addition to the Music and Media Center collection, the Penn State University Libraries have video collections at many library locations. The DVD collection across all Penn State campus library locations includes more than 38,000 items: from Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, international films and documentaries. Titles are discoverable in the CAT, the online catalog, and LionSearch. Penn State students, faculty and staff and Penn State alumni and Pennsylvania residents with a Friends of Penn State account can request a DVD from any location using the "I Want It" button in LionSearch or The CAT. For more information about the "I Want It" button, see http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/cathelps/holds_recalls.html. For more information on borrowing privileges, see http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/lending/borrowingprivileges.html.
Reference assistance to help with locating DVDs and other media across all library locations is available in the Music and Media Center, Pattee Library, floor 2, west, or via email@example.com, 814-865-3616, or Ask-a-Librarian at http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/ask.html
For more information or questions about the physical access provided, contact Eric Novotny, email@example.com or 814-865-1014.


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DPS Most Wanted Fugitive Could be in East Texas
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has information that Ricco Leo Torres, 32, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive, may be in or have ties to the Palestine area.
A $10,000 cash reward is being offered for the capture of Torres.
The Barrio Azteca gang member has a violent criminal past and has been arrested 13 times and charged with 28 offenses since 1997.
Torres, a native of Santa Clara, California, also has relatives and friends living in El Paso. His criminal history includes aggravated assault with deadly weapon, aggravated assault/bodily injury, engaging in organized crime, resisting/evading arrest, unauthorized use of a vehicle, tampering with evidence and drug offenses. He is currently wanted for felony manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance.
Harboring a fugitive can lead to state and/or federal charges, with sentences varying from two to 10 years in prison. Anyone found to have been helping Torres avoid arrest will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Anyone with information is urged to call Texas Crime Stoppers, and all tips are guaranteed to be anonymous.
Torres is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds. His tattoos include "Sandra" on the left side of his chest; a female figure, money bag, and gun in the center of his abdomen; "79," dragon, faces, tower, and clown in the center of his back; and "Rico" on the back of his neck. For more information, please view his wanted bulletin at:


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Posted on Oct 24, 2014
Preparing for Colder Weather and Senior Care at Home
With October coming to an end, it is time to think about the upcoming winter season ahead. When it comes to preparation for the colder weather, it is important to realize that poor weather conditions can happen abruptly with little to no notice.
Now that it's not as bitterly cold as it is sure to get later in the winter months, it is time to clean out the gutters and aerate and rake the lawn. Make sure to inspect decks and railings for splintering or rot, and treat to prevent further damage from frigid winter weather. Clean and store any outdoor patio furniture and bring in any plants that are unable to withstand below freezing temperatures. Be sure to drain all water hoses and disconnect from the outside of the home to prevent discoloration, cracks and preserve their lifespan. Make a check on trees near the house and remove any branches that appear to be dead or brittle and would fall and cause property damage or physical injury if layered with heavy snow or ice.
Buy driveway and sidewalk salt early to prepare for icy conditions, especially late at night and early mornings. Put the windshield scraper back into the vehicle for safer travel conditions and be sure to leave an extra cell phone charger in the glove box. Having an extra hat and blanket in the trunk with some bottled water and a snack is also a great way to be prepared for winter driving.
Now is the time to check window seals and caulk any major drafts to keep the cool air out and the warm air in. Switch out any screen doors with storm glass doors in the home. Change the air filter in your home for cleaner breathing. Turn ceiling fans switches to the opposite direction to blow warm air down to increase energy efficiency.
Winter can get pretty unpredictable and severe weather may strike at any time. It is important to have a stock of ready-to-eat foods in case of a power outage due to downed power lines. Make sure that there are flashlights readily available and there are new batteries inside. Inside the home, be sure to locate all extra blankets and bring in a load of firewood for the wood stove or fireplace.
While we can't avoid the chill of winter, we can make sure that we are ready for whatever Mother Nature blows our way. By preparing for colder weather, we are keeping our families safe and saving our homes from possible weather damage and saving some money with energy efficiency as well.
If you would like to learn more about tips for preparing for colder weather, call Senior Helpers of Burnsville to speak to a senior care specialist today 952-892-8403! The compassionate senior care specialists at Senior Helpers can show you the many benefits of professional senior care at home or dementia and Alzheimer's care. The senior care specialist will also guide you through the process of receiving the Veterans Administration Aid and Attendance Benefit if your elderly loved one is a veteran. In home senior care and in home assisted living allows your loved one to stay in the comforts of their own home for as long as possible while receiving the level of care they need. Senior Helpers of Burnsville provides a wide range of services including Alzheimer's and dementia care, personal assistance, companionship, and so much more to all areas of Burnsville, West St. Paul, South St. Paul, St. Paul, Apple Valley, Eagan, Lakeville, Minnesota.


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Services of SBDC
The SBDC at Binghamton University is a comprehensive program to provide management and technical assistance to small businesses in a twelve county area. The counties we serve are: Broome, Cortland, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga, Chemung, Steuben, Schuyler, Yates, Allegany and Tompkins.
Specializing in direct one-to-one counseling, the SBDC offers assistance in the following business areas:
- Start-up assistance
- Business Plan Development
- Accounting and Financial Projections
- Sources of Financing
- Marketing
- Business Expansion
- Relocation and Agribusiness
There is no cost for the counseling services of the SBDC. Reasonable fees may be charged for some training programs and events.


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The EU angered Switzerland on Thursday (21 December) when it granted Swiss stock exchanges access to EU markets for only one year. Source: EUobserver
GEFIRA provides in-depth and comprehensive analysis of and valuable insight into current events that investors, financial planners and politicians need to know to anticipate the world of tomorrow; it is intended for professional and non-professional readers.
Yearly subscription: 10 issues for €225/$250
Renewal: €160/$175
The Gefira bulletin is available in ENGLISH, GERMAN and SPANISH.
Ford will cut 7,000 jobs from its global salaried workforce, or about 10 percent of its 70,000 employees, the company announced on Monday. About 20 percent will be senior-level managers, which is part of an effort to flatten the company's organizational structure. Source: The Verge
Exxon Mobil has evacuated all of its foreign staff from Iraq's West Qurna 1 oilfield and is flying them out to Dubai, a senior Iraqi official and three other sources told Reuters on Saturday. Source: Reuters
The latest round of tax cuts and handouts announced by the Greek government mean that Europe's most indebted state will probably miss an agreed target for a budget surplus excluding interest payments, the head of the euro-area's crisis fund said. The shortfall will deteriorate further next year, Klaus Regling warned after a meeting of the bloc's finance ministers in Brussels. Source: Bloomberg


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|C.A.T. - Creative Activity Table
Event Type: Crafts - Youth
Age Group(s): Children, All ages
Date: 5/19/2019
Start Time: All Day
All Ages. Visit our Creative Activity Table in the Youth Services Department any time on a Saturday or Sunday to create a fun art or craft project. Projects change weekly.Google maps
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Learning Index >> Pioneers and their practice: a reference guide
Born at Chemnitz, Germany, Coper originally studied textile engineering. In 1939 he left Germany for England. During the war he was arrested as an alien and sent to Canada, returning in 1941 to serve in the Pioneer Corps; he also attended art classes. He settled in London and began working at Lucie Rie's* pottery (1946), making ceramic buttons from moulds. He quickly learnt to throw and from 1947 to 1958 worked in parallel with Rie on domestic stoneware, while also producing his own pots. Coper's early work was exhibited at the Festival of Britain and won a gold medal at the Milan Triennale of 1954.
Hans Coper moved to the Digswell Arts Trust, Hertfordshire in 1959, from where he exhibited frequently and undertook commissions, including a pair of outsize candleholders for Coventry Cathedral (1962). In 1964 he returned to London, setting up a workshop in Hammersmith, and from 1967 he lived and worked near Frome, Somerset, with his second wife. He taught at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts (1961-72) and at the Royal College of Art (1966-75). Retrospective exhibitions of his work were held at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich (1983) and, shared with Lucie Rie, at the Barbican Art Gallery, London (1997).
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Weekend Cookbook Challenge - Party Foods
Since doing the Tapas Cooking Class Party, I've been thinking about doing a recap of all my quick and easy party foods (mostly finger-food appetizers because they're always my favorite thing to eat at get togethers - casual or formal). So I'm particularly excited about this WCC.
In keeping with the tradition of using a cookbook, preferrably one that hasn't seen the light of day for a while, I'll focus on a few sources: Fast Appetizers, a great little book to help you be a star at your own parties. You won't even break a sweat! Every recipe is quick, easy and impressive. South Beach Diet Parties & Holidays Cookbook is not only great for those of you on a diet, your non-dieting guests will never know the difference and you can eat and not feel guilty. Naturally I had to include some samples from my own book Every Kitchen Tells Its Stories - recipes that warm the heart hopefully available within the next few weeks - shameless self promotion - sorry!
I was going to actually link to each recipe, but since there are too many to go that route, you can check out a ton of options here and here . I did decide to showcase some of my favorites.
hummus or spinach & artichoke.
Vicious Ange (not so vicious from what I can tell) inspired these.
And how could there be a party without some fun beverages.....
interviewed her about her wonderful tea shop - the Tea Emporium.
Time Life Foods of the World Series, unfortunately no longer in print....pity!
And last, at least for this post...dessert!
So what's your favorite party food?
Related links: Food and Drink recipes South Beach Diet weekend cookbook challenge appetizers party food
5 comments:
- veuveclicquot said...
Yum. these all look delicious, especially the choco and almond clusters. I guess my favorite party food would have to be chicken sates and chocolate-dipped strawberries. God knows why, but whenever we're at a party that has either or both, I end up stuffing myself. :)
- November 28, 2006 4:32 PM
- Traci said...
I'm simple... really, really good cheese dip. Oh man.
- November 28, 2006 5:27 PM
- Sara said...
If I got on a plane tonight, could we have some of these for a late night snack???
- November 28, 2006 7:53 PM
- Ruth said...
You're all welcome to drop by. That's why there's always shrimp in the freezer and fixin's for most everything else.
Thanks for the kind words and for dropping by.
- November 28, 2006 10:50 PM
- michelle said...
Oh, wow, what a spread! Yep, I agree -- what time should we all stop by?
The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas but all I want to do is snack, snack, snack.
And now I know where to go for snacks! :)
- December 06, 2006 10:52 PM


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Interactive 360 Video taken from a helicopter!
"This might be the coolest thing you see… ever." – Huffington Post
Experience the views of a helicopter without taking your feet off the ground. Fly over Nimmo Bay Resort and a 150 mile tract of British Columbia coastal mainland. Hover over pristine waterfalls, race down rivers and over oceans. Explore 10,000-year old glaciers, snow-capped mountains reaching through the clouds, immense untouched forests, and secluded fishing spots, hidden from the world.
You have control of the camera for the entire experience. Look up, down, and completely behind you by clicking and dragging your mouse on the video once it is playing. It will take a few seconds to learn how to navigate, but it's worth it.
**Special Thanks to The Tenors for bringing the video to life with the song Hallelujah.


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Emirates flies to Brussels from 5th September 2014, and you can enjoy our world-class service to the Belgian capital.
Experience luxurious First Class Private Suites and lie-flat Business Class seats, as well as gourmet meals throughout all classes of travel. Enjoy up to 1,800 channels of movies, music and more on your journey with our inflight entertainment system, ice.
Travel to Brussels
Emirates flights to the Belgian capital arrive at Brussels International Airport, about 15km from the city centre. With a station at the airport, you can travel into the city by train, or you also have the option of taxis and group transfer services.
About Brussels
A tour of Brussels will reveal the rich arts and culture found in its museums, Art Nouveau architecture and theatres. The local cuisine is also a highlight of a visit to Brussels, including its world-renowned chocolate, and traditional dishes like waterzooi and stoemp.


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Under grey skies and pouring rain Montpellier were hosting Castres Olympique, who before the game were on the same number of points as the hosts but a slightly better goal average. Last season Castres beat Montpellier 3 times twice in the TOP 14 and then again in the 1/4 final play offs, so the rot had to be stopped.With conditions very difficult Montpellier tried to play an open game of rugby but the ball resembled a piece of soap and it was never going to be easy. Montpellier had several chances to score but a couple of bad decisions and some last minute defending by Castres kept the first half try less, but Castres managed to go into the break leading by 3-6 Kockott getting the better of Eric Escande but all to play for in the second half.During the break the heavens opened and the conditions became nearly impossible, so it was a matter of trying to play on each others mistakes, the high ball being the optimum goal as playing through the hands was simply out of the question although Montpellier did try.After exchanging penalties plus a couple more for Castres they managed to get themselves in front by 6-12, Benoit Paillaugue who had replaced the young Eric Escande, he was not having an easy time containing Kockott knocked over a penalty from more or less the half way line which in these conditions was indeed an exploit.Montpellier were making the breaks but the finished product kept falling short, understandable in these atrocious conditions, however another massive Gary Owen by Francois Trinh-Duc which landed beautifully just over the goal line, Castres were unable to field and Shontayne Hape was there to collect and fall over the line, the ref went to the video and kept the crowd in silence for a good couple of minutes before the arm was raised and a sense of relief went through the supporters, not the most spectacular try he will ever score but maybe one of the most important, Paillaugue added the extras and Montpellier had their noses in front 13-12 for the first time in the game.There was still 13 or so minutes left on the clock but Montpellier had their tails up and became the team who moved forward, the scrums were sending Castres backwards and in the loose Montpellier was scavenging everything and anything, everywhere, and of course that produced the mistakes from Castres giving the hosts another 2 fairly easy penalties which Benoit Paillaugue obliged moving the score onto 19-12 for the home side. The last few minutes were anxious as a converted try was always possible for Castres to obtain the draw but Montpellier remained firm and eventually the siren sounded with Pierre Berard running the ball out of play. Montpelier overjoyed and Castres fairly happy with the bonus defensive point. Final score Montpelier 19 Castres Olympique 12.


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In these very final days before the election on Tuesday, it is important that we stress just how important it is to vote.
Voting is the most important action any of us can take on Tuesday. If you don't vote, you honestly don't have a right to complain about the consequences of not exercising your right and privilege as a citizen of the United States of America.
We are fortunate in this great country and land of the free to have the right and we urge each and every registered voter in the greater Bluffton area and Beaufort County to participate. The political process is what we make of it and we all must do our part.
Voting is nothing to be taken for granted. There are people who are not as fortunate to live in a country that allows residents to exercise such a right as voting for their country's leadership or on taxes and other issues.
With that said, we also ask people to make your choices your own. Do your homework, find out about the candidates and the issues and when you cast that ballot, be confident it is what you want to live with.
Educated voters are our favorite. Those who attended forums or went places in order to meet candidates running for public office usually are more comfortable with their choices.
Our future and the future of our great nation is at stake with the outcome of Tuesday's elections.
We all won't agree on all the issues, but there is enough information available to make informed decisions at the polls and before deciding what or who to support.
It matters how many people show up at the polls. It gives our community an indication of the level of interest in how our community works and on its future.
The Bluffton and Beaufort County area is blessed with opportunity and much growth and development. Let's help shape that development with our decisions at the polls.
We aren't going to tell you which candidate to vote for in the various races, but will again restate our positions on two key referendums.
The Beaufort County Rural and Critical Land Preservation program has existed since 2000.
Voters are being asked to approve a $25 million bond for land purchases. If approved, it would be the third time county voters have supported the idea of buying land to prevent development and improve the quality of life in our community.
We support the referendum and urge voters to pass it - again. We understand the importance of the program and we also think that there is no need to tinker with such a successful way to protect land.
The program has preserved more than 21,000 acres for parks, conservation, buffers and for valuable economic and natural resources.
Our community's future is critical to the region and that's why we support the $25 million referendum and the rural and critical land preservation program.
The treasurer and auditor are currently elected by voters/taxpayers.
On Tuesday's ballot is a referendum asking if voters/taxpayers want to continue electing the treasurer and auditor or if they want to allow the county's administrator to make the appointment.
The auditor is responsible for generating tax bills and the treasurer is responsible for collecting, distributing and investing money.
We think the county administrator already has enough authority, power and influence, and that the way the treasurer and auditor are selected should stay as elected. We think the county will be better served to continue on its current path of electing the treasurer and auditor. We believe this will work as our county administrator is more than capable of leading the county and ensuring that all facets of county business are done well.


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California Department of Transportation
Date: May 7, 2013
District: 3
Contact: Deanna Shoopman
Phone: (530) 632-0080
MARYSVILLE – The state's vast transportation system received a major infusion of cash today, as the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $878 million in funding to 114 projects that will support job growth, alleviate traffic delays, and repair aging roads and bridges.
"The benefits these projects bring are a huge boon to our economy," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty, "This investment in our transportation system creates jobs and improves the quality of life for all Californians."
The allocations include $476 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. In total, nearly $15.5 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been put to work statewide.
"This billion-dollar investment helps preserve California's great infrastructure of the past and put thousands of Californian's to work building something new," said Brian Kelly, Acting Secretary of the Business, Transportation & Housing Agency. "These investments in preservation and innovation are absolutely critical to California's economy: In 2010, traffic congestion caused 95 million hours of delay, wasting fuel and squandering productive, economic activity."
Highlights of the funding allocations include:
- City of Sacramento: $1.5 million from Proposition 1B to construct a new traffic signal and widen the ramp at State Route 99 / Elkhorn Boulevard. This innovative project will widen the northbound off ramp at Elkhorn Boulevard Interchange and signalize the northbound ramp intersection. Ultimately, this project will improve safety to the traveling public.
- Sacramento County: $1 million from Proposition 1B to construct the Cosumnes River College transit station. This project will provide installation of a station platform, ramps for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) access, lighting signage and other ancillary facilities. This technology will improve public transit, enhance regional connectivity, improve regional air quality and alleviate traffic congestion on State Highway 99.
- Sacramento County: $29.9 million to rehabilitate 2 bridges at the Camellia City Viaduct also known as the WX Freeway in Sacramento. This innovative project will rehabilitate two bridges to maintain structural integrity, reduce the risk to lives and properties.
- Sacramento County: $1 million to the 99 Corridor Native Planting. This project is from the San Joaquin County line to Mack Road, installation of native plants at various locations totaling 51 acres of coverage.
- El Dorado County: $1.3 million to install a Pedestrian Overcrossing in Placerville at Coloma Street and Smith Flat Road Undercrossing. These projects will Seismic retrofit two bridges to maintain structural integrity and reduce the risk to lives and properties during seismic events.
- El Dorado County: $6.6 million for the water quality project from Johnson Pass Road to Incline Road near South Lake Tahoe. The construction of water quality collection and treatment facilities will enhance our streams, rivers, and lakes. The California Regional Water Quality Control Board provides guidelines for preserving our beautiful state.
- El Dorado County: $25,000 to construct an 8 foot wide Class I bike bath in the City of Placerville from Forni Road/Lower Main Street to Ray Lawyer Drive and within the former Southern pacific Railroad right of way. This project will offer a viable transportation alternative to bicycle commuters and recreations opportunity to pedestrians, cyclists, and equestrians by providing a safe direct route between residence and major activity centers.
- Colusa County: $2.9 million to rehabilitate Old Highway 99w (north of Maxwell). The project will start near Maxwell and continue to the Glenn County line. This innovative project will extend the service life of the highway by at least 10 years.
- Glenn County: $83,000 in the City of Willows for two projects at Sacramento Street and Butte Street reconstruction of the roadway to provide improved access to pedestrians from the street to the curb and sidewalk areas. The road slope will be improved for drainage and more favorable for bicycle traffic. Overall the two projects will be more efficient and roads will interface better with Highway 162.
- Butte County: $452,000. for the City of Gridley to bring the Hazel Street
Rehabilitation project to life. The intersection and roadway improvements will enhance pedestrian accessibility, add bicycle facilities, and create a pedestrian friendly "complete street" atmosphere in a key downtown historic location. The project will provide surface transportation access to downtown. Signage will target travelers on the surface transportation system, namely motor vehicle drivers, transit passengers and bicycles/pedestrians.
For information about all projects that received allocations today please see the attached file.
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The Road From Perfection
If I had been asked in the months following my diagnosis whether what I ate and whether I exercised could somehow control the HIV in my body I would have said, "No." Looking back, though, my behavior suggested a different answer.
Almost overnight I stopped caffeine and sugar, started taking vitamins and supplements with religious devotion, switched to unprocessed organic foods, added more long-distance runs and resistance work to my schedule and took up yoga. At the time, I was doing what I believed necessary to manage my health. Looking back, it seems pretty clear I was trying to outrun a train.
I started to realize things were out of hand when I visited an acupuncturist during this time and she asked me to write down all the supplements and vitamins I was taking. When she pointed to a few specific items on the lengthy list and asked what they were for, I heard myself say, "I don't remember." It wasn't that I had been taking things without meticulously researching them; I just couldn't keep them all straight.
Maybe in my head I knew "do everything perfectly" didn't equal "control HIV," but my behavior came straight out of "I need to do something or I'm gonna die." In the crisis of my diagnosis, I suppose I needed something to control, as if my brain took on a hobby while the rest of me was freaking out.
The irony of all this self-care was that it threatened whatever pleasure was in my life at the time. My runs were no longer the relaxing detours of my week but what I was supposed to do to purge toxins and keep my cardiovascular system toned. Yoga class felt less like a chance to practice meditation with my body and more like an obligation. The chores just kept piling up. Even the occasional six ounces of coffee acquired the taste of guilt.
Meanwhile, my viral load went up and my CD4s went down. When I ultimately went on antiretroviral therapy -- the thing I was desperate to avoid -- I found unexpected relief in what felt like surrender. As my viral load went to undetectable and my CD4s climbed above 1,000, I relaxed into the knowledge that I wasn't going to die next week. I started to believe I was in it for the long haul and I began to behave that way.
To be honest, I somewhat resented drug therapy. I hadn't taken an antibiotic in over ten years, let alone the three medications my regimen required every day. While HIV had never shown me a symptom, the diarrhea caused by Viracept was very real.
Strangely, though, I think this helped me start to see how diet and exercise fit into the picture. Some research and experimentation led me, for example, to the discovery that glutamine and calcium supplements could completely resolve my intestinal upset. I began to focus on supporting my body to tolerate the medications and reduce their potentially toxic effects.
Six years later, I have what I would call a recovered attitude about the role of diet and exercise in managing my HIV disease. I have a better understanding of all the tools of wellness and I've had some time to get adjusted to what it means to live with HIV.
The pleasure is back in my running. That cup of coffee tastes good again.
I don't look at my diet and exercise habits as ways to knock down the virus; I eat well and I exercise because it's really good for my body, and it feels that way. I try to keep it simple. The two things that I've always felt were most important for long-term strength and survival -- gut health and muscle mass -- are the two things I try to support with what I eat and what I do.
By anyone's standards, I eat well -- organic vegetables and fruits, whole grains, plenty of protein and water. I'm a vegetarian, which probably helps me avoid some of the more unhealthy foods, but forces me to pay more attention to what I eat to be sure I get all the nutrients I need.
These days I exercise with realistic goals, a commitment to do the work, and forgiveness. Last year I trained successfully for a half-marathon but had to pull out a few days before the race when I got a hypersensitivity reaction during a drug switch. I was disappointed, but I took great satisfaction in knowing I could go the distance and committed myself to finding another race. For someone perpetually at risk of death-by-perfectionism, learning how to say "Oh, well..." -- and meaning it -- is as important to a successful exercise regimen as being disciplined about putting in the time every week.
These days my life feels too short to fill with "shoulds" and too long to opt out of investing in it. I've discovered a vast, sort of unruly world that exists beyond the pre-diagnosis denial that I would ever die and those first post-diagnosis months of being consumed by the idea of my death.
I engage in a fairly constant process of negotiating what I am willing and able to contribute on any given day to feeling healthy and strong. No one makes me find creative ways to eat broccoli (not my favorite) or get myself out the door for a run on a dreary day. Sometimes, though, these simple choices about what to put into my body and how to keep it strong remind me that I'm also choosing to participate fully in my life... and that feels good.
Heidi M. Nass is a community advocate based in Madison, Wisconsin.


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Labor-rights activists want Selena Gomez to "be an ambassador for children, not for sweatshops." Protestors from United Students Against Sweatshops ambushed the former Disney starlet at New York Fashion Week on Thursday at the first runway show for Neo by Adidas, a teen-oriented diffusion label for which Gomez serves as style ambassador. Outside the midtown Manhattan venue, a group of 15 people, including two former sweatshop workers, held up a banner that read, "Selena: Don't be an ambassador for sweatshops." A woman also handed the 20-year-old UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador a flier urging her to tell Adidas to pay its Indonesian workers $1.8 million in severance so they can feed their children and send them to school.Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.
It's been 22 months since PT Kizone, an Adidas subcontractor in Indonesia, shut down without paying "legally mandated" severance to its 2,800 workers, according to the student-run organization, which has affiliate groups at over 150 universities, including Cornell, which made the historic move in September of severing business ties with the sportswear manufacturer over labor rights.
PT Kizone, an Adidas subcontractor in Indonesia, still owes $1.8 million in "legally mandated" severance to its 2,800 workers, says USAS.
PT Kizone, an Adidas subcontractor in Indonesia, still owes $1.8 million in "legally mandated" severance to its 2,800 workers, says USAS.
In a letter to Gomez dated January 29, Bill Yates, a regional organizer for USAS, wrote that the company has refused to pay "a single cent in severance," and as a result, workers have had to pull their children out of school or leave their homes. More than two-thirds are still out of work, he said.
"To evade responsibility for severance, Adidas has offered food vouchers as 'humanitarian aid,' an act that workers call 'insulting,'" he added. "These vouchers are not equivalent to actual money, either under Indonesian law or in workers' everyday lives; many workers have been forced to sell the vouchers for amounts below their face value in order to raise funds to pay obligations such as debt and school fees. PT Kizone workers have remained steadfast in demanding what they are legally owed: severance that amounts to a mere drop in the bucket for Adidas."
Still, Gomez appeared unfazed by the attention. Taking to her Twitter account later that night, she wrote, "Amazing show for @adidasNEOLabel tonight!! They looked amazing. #NEOrunway :))"
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today's post hits close to a tender spot in my heart. some of you may or may not know that there was a very special season in my life where i had the opportunity to travel and serve on mission trips to the Philippines. and it's during that season, i was privileged to work and serve alongside the most incredible women i will and have ever met in my life. i could go and on and on about their stories - many of them that still make my heart ache. they are stories and faces that i will never ever forget. these were women who were the victims of human-trafficking, yet now moving forward and pursing lives of transformation, being set free from a horrible, unbelievable imprisonment.
the reason why i even post these pictures here is that i want you to grasp the following fact: these women and these girls and these stories are REAL. i think that was the most difficult part to grasp when i first met them and walked the city streets late at night, visiting some of them during their shifts at night clubs, waiting to service customers. the streets, the women, the girls the filthy men, the pimps, and the late night city sounds completely engulfed my senses. a part of me couldn't believe my eyes, thinking is this a movie? wasn't this a scene i saw in a movie just last month? i was totally slapped in the face by what i witnessed. it's a reality for people - men, women and children - all over the globe.
so let that sink in as i introduce some very special friends to you today.


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Rihanna + Chris Brown Spent Christmas Canoodling at a Lakers Game [PHOTOS]
Just after the newly blond but still douchetastic Chris Brown decided he was tired of the drama involved with the clearly self-disrespecting Rihanna, he was spotted courtside at a Lakers game with the bleating belter on Christmas Day.
Rihanna and Breezy both wore head-to-toe black, perhaps mourning their dignity, and Rihanna also ironically rocked a choker that Brown gave her. Rih apparently loves Breezy so much that she ditched her family in Barbados to hang out with him at the Staples Center.
The pair split popcorn and beers, and a witness told Celebuzz that Rihanna kept whispering in Brown's ear. Which would be so cute, except it's Rihanna and Chris Brown, so it's just annoying and gross and has an undertone of misogyny and manufactured rebellion. Because Rihanna's such a badass that she doesn't take crap from anyone, right? Except the guy who beat the crap out of her a few years ago.
Meanwhile, Brown's ex -- maybe -- Karrueche Tran posted a photo of herself in bed on Instagram yesterday wearing Brown's shirt and little else. She promptly deleted it after photos of Brown and Rihanna at the game hit the web, but hey, screenshots are forever.
This holiday romance is the stuff Hallmark movies are made of: Bruises, jealousy, internet harassment and -- oh, wait, that's actually Lifetime. Our bad.
In any case, here's hoping the next time these two are photographed together that they're diving headfirst into a volcano.


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Ballots mailed to Harris County voters would be confined to the language requested by the voter, under a bill filed in Austin.
Changes could be coming for the bill, HB 986, filed by Rep. Gary Elkins, R- Houston, at the behest of Harris County election officials. Currently, ballots mailed to voters arrive in four languages, leading to duplicative and unnecessary printing and postage costs, officials said.
Elkins' bill would change that by asking the voter to specify a language preference. That way, a single ballot and instructions can be sent in either English, Spanish, Chinese or Vietnamese.
Election operators send an English ballot and one in another language if they suspect the second ballot is needed, Harris County Clerk Stan Stanart said. That non-English ballot can add 20 cents to the postal cost, if it increases the weight to more than two ounces, and also leads to additional printing of ballot pages.
Sending one ballot eliminates some of the waste, Stanart said. The county mailed 90,000 ballots for the November 2012 election.
"It all adds up," he said. "Any time we can save anywhere, anyhow, we're always looking at ways to save the taxpayer's dollars."
If no box is checked, the bill specifies that an English ballot is sent. That provision has drawn criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union as potentially disenfranchising non-English speaking voters, Elkins' office said.
Questions also were raised about sending only one language. Rep. Gene Wu, D-Houston, explained Chinese-speaking voters in Harris County recently received their own ballots, and have swelled their voting numbers as a result. Wu said many older Chinese voters rely on younger relatives to help them navigate the ballot.
"The person helping doesn't read Chinese, but the person voting doesn't read English," Wu said, outlining his single-language concern.
The bill would apply only to counties that are required to print ballots in two languages other than English. Harris County is one of three counties that presently prints ballots in four languages, based on demand. The other two are far western counties, sparsely populated, that must offer ballots in Native American languages, Johnson said.
Any change to state election practices pertaining to mail-in ballot availability would be subject to U.S. Justice Department approval, under the guidelines of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.


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No longer confined to the ivory and platinum Acela cars, whisking the aristocracy between debutante balls and peacock hunts, Amtrak's free Wi-Fi is trickling down to the people. Twelve east coast routes—60% of Amtrak traffic—are going wireless.
This number includes the prominent Northeast Regional line, which carries cranky Americans from Virginia to Boston daily. One interesting note: "AmtrakConnect technology is designed in a way that enables it to take advantage of technology improvements such as faster 4G speeds, as they become available along the routes." Don't hold your breath on that one—mobile data coverage is awful along the corridor, in my experience—but it's nice to at least see an interest in super train broadband. This probably won't be good for Netflix anytime soon, but now you can have an IM conversation or three, stream some music, and get some work done. [Amtrak via Engadget]
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Elizabeth "Betty" Tierney was born on January 11, 1881 at 78 Cross in Boston's North End, the third child of Patrick J. and Catherine (Kennedy) Tierney. She was baptized at historic St. Stephen's Catholic Church on Hanover Street. Both of Betty's parents' childhoods were lived in Ireland during the most difficult years of the famine, but they managed to survive those difficult years and make a good life for themselves and their seven children after immigrating to Boston.
The Tierney family moved to Quincy around the turn of the century just before their father Patrick's death (and during Betty's teen years). They lived for many years in a home on Gay Street that was purchased by their mother, Catherine Tierney. They were supported in part by Betty's work as a seamstress. Betty never married and lived with her mother until her mother passed away in 1934. The household had grown when Betty's younger sister Margaret and her five children moved in after Margaret's husband George W. McCue died at the young age of 37 in 1923.
|Long-time home of the Tierney and McCue families: 32 Gay Street, Quincy, Massachusetts
Sisters and housemates Margaret (Tierney) McCue (my great-grandmother) and Betty Tierney died within a little over a year from each other. Margaret passed away on January 10, 1963.
Betty's obituary appeared in the Quincy Patriot Ledger on Saturday, March 14, 1964. She had passed away at Quincy City Hospital after being hospitalized for a stroke on Tuesday, March 10, 1964. She was buried in New Calvary Cemetery, Boston.
Below is my transcription of Betty's obituary:
Miss Elizabeth Tierney
QUINCY – A high mass of requiem was celebrated Friday in St. John's Church for Miss Elizabeth T. Tierney, 83, of 28 Gay Street [this is incorrect; she resided at 32 Gay Street], South Quincy, by the Rev. Mark F. Sheehan. Miss Phyllis Ross was organist and Mrs. Abbie Hines, soloist.
Seated in the sanctuary was the Rt. Rev. John A Broderick of St. John's Seminary, Brighton. Monsignor Broderick's early parental home was at 48 Gay Street, near the Tierney home.
Miss Tierney was a member of a large shipbuilding family and had lived in Quincy for over 70 years. She was stricken at home Tuesday and died an hour later in the Quincy City Hospital. She was born in Boston.
The cortege from the Joseph Sweeney Funeral Home was headed by her nephew, Sgt. Maj. Leo E. Tierney Jr., recruiting officer here for the U.S. Marine Corps. A delegation from the Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality, of which Miss Tierney was a member, was led by Mrs. Everett J. Bracchi, president.
Committal rites in New Calvary Cemetery, Mattapan, were conducted by the Rev. Leo X. Lynch of St. John's parish.
Survivors include a brother, Leo E. Tierney Sr. of West Quincy; nephews John McCue of Mattapoisett, George McCue of Massapequa, N.Y.; nieces Mrs. Helen Splaine of Norwell, Mrs. Mary Primiano of Braintree, and Mrs. Margaret McFadden, at home.
Elizabeth "Betty" Tierney is buried at New Calvary Cemetery (Mattapan) in Boston along with the following family members: her mother Catherine J. (Kennedy) Tierney, her sister Catherine J. Tierney, her sister Margaret (Tierney) McCue, and her brother-in-law George William McCue. The family's plots are listed on Find A Grave. Visit Betty's Find A Grave page here.
This article was written in remembrance of my great-aunt Betty Tierney's passing fifty years ago. For similar stories about my ancestors and more images of their obituaries, visit my Pinterest boards.
I have also posted this article as part of GeneaBloggers' weekly blogging prompt Sunday's Obituary. Visit Thomas MacEntee's GeneaBloggers blog and also see his Sunday's Obituary board on Pinterest for more similar stories.


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Pilates Instructor Trish Hegarty from Needham, Mass. will be among the castaways competing on SURVIVOR: CAGAYAN, when the Emmy Award-winning series returns for its 28th season with a special two-hour premiere, Wednesday, Feb. 26 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2014 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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The evolution of a Lego Mindstorms Mars Rover
Last weekend I (oh, and about 9000 other people) participated in NASA's International Space Apps Challenge. My team worked on the Curiosity at Home challenge, split in three parts: translating NASA's SPICE data format to a more readable form, parsing that into commands to the rover, and building a representation of the Curiosity Mars rover itself.
The code is available on Github. It still needs some work, but, you know, hackathon.
I worked on building the rover, using Lego Mindstorms, and it proved to be trickier than I had anticipated. Most times it would look great, but then refuse to steer or even move at all, as soon as some weight was put onto it. And by weight I mean the NXT brick, which we felt was an indispensable component of the rover.
I'm in the process of disassembling the rover and taking photos of it, so that I can then rebuild it and document the build steps. But, in the meantime, a quick recap of how it evolved throughout the (mostly sleepless) weekend. Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of every intermediate version.
Iteration 2
By this point, we had an initial, flimsier version. But I wanted more robustness, as well as proper front-wheel steering. At this point, the motor powered 4 wheels. Here it is (with Frits, as a bonus):
Iteration 6. Probably
Yeah, I don't remember exactly which iteration these pictures correspond to. Have I mentioned "sleepless"?
Anyway, you'll notice this version is shorter, meaning less strain on the middle section, better distribution of weight and, we hoped, better steering. By then, we had already moved to a motor powering only two wheels, and now we have finally started using two separate motors, one for each rear wheel.
Iteration 8, I think
Shorter, sturdier, and uses different rotations of the the back wheels for steering, as well as the front wheel gears.
I was disappointed with the middle wheels, by this point they were mostly just for show. But the deadline approached, and we had to make decisions.
Iteration 10, final version
Not too many changes from the previous iteration, mostly some incremental adjustments. This is what we presented, and worked reasonably well (all things considered).


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Lefferts Historic House - 2nd Floor Tours
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View significant artifacts from 19th-century family life and walk into a fully furnished 1820's bedroom. Also view a new exhibit about the Lefferts family genealogy. The exhibit features a family tree and rare objects from the museum collection that tell the story of notable Lefferts family members. Tours every half hour.
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Young and Old Stars Found in Andromeda's Halo
The deepest visible-light image ever taken of the sky resolves approximately 300,000 stars in the halo of the nearest neighboring spiral galaxy, Andromeda (M31). The photo was taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Because the image captures both faint dwarf stars and bright giant stars, astronomers can estimate the age of the halo population by analyzing its distribution of color and brightness. The halo is a spherical cloud of stars around Andromeda, located 2.5 million light-years from Earth.
The surprising result is that these stars span a wide range of ages, from 6 to 13 billion years old. The age range is much wider than that of the population of stars in the halo of our own Milky Way, where 11- to 13-billion-year-old stars reside. The presence of younger stars in the Andromeda halo is probably the result of a more violent history in the galaxy, due to mergers with smaller galaxies.
In addition to the field of halo stars, a globular cluster in Andromeda falls near the bottom of the image [the white, spherical object]. Due to the great depth of the image, thousands of background galaxies also can be seen through the veil of stars in Andromeda. One particularly interesting pair of galaxies can be seen on the right-hand edge of the image, about a third of the way from the top. They are a blue and a red galaxy crashing into each other. A pinwheel-looking spiral galaxy is nearby. A handful of very bright stars [including the one at upper right] are in the foreground, in our Milky Way.
The image was made from 250 separate exposures taken from Dec. 2, 2002 to Jan. 11, 2003. The total exposure time was 3.5 days.
The members of the M31 halo science team are: T.M. Brown, H.C. Ferguson, E. Smith (STScI); R.A. Kimble, A.V. Sweigart (NASA/GSFC); A. Renzini (ESO); R.M. Rich (UCLA); and D.A. VandenBerg (U. of Victoria)


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Lionel Messi has never been short on late-game heroics, and not even a sore hamstring stopped him from going on as a substitute to help Barcelona rally for a 1-1 draw with Paris Saint-Germain and a place in the Champions League semifinals on Wednesday.
Barcelona advanced on the away goals rule after its 2-2 draw in Paris last week meant the contest finished 3-3 on aggregate, but not without showing just how much it depends on Messi against major opponents.
Messi, who had injured his right leg after scoring in their first match, was only cleared to play an hour before kickoff. He went on in the 62nd minute with his team losing 1-0 after Javier Pastore's opener and struggling to find its form.
It took him nine minutes to start the decisive move that Pedro Rodriguez finished off to put Barcelona into a sixth straight semifinal and on course for a fourth Champions League title in eight seasons.
Messi has dominated many a match for Barcelona on its way to trophy success in recent seasons, but his importance and leadership for the Catalan club was rarely more evident than on Wednesday night.
"Messi is a very important player and he put in a great effort," Pedro said. "He was the catalyst. We changed after he came on and we have to thank him for that."
Barcelona was a different team with Messi — despite not being at full strength— compared to the lackluster side that PSG toyed with while the Argentina international watched from the dugout.
Also on Wednesday, Bayern Munich beat Juventus 2-0 to go through 4-0 on aggregate. Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund are the other semifinalists in Friday's draw.
Barcelona was almost unrecognizable for stretches in the first half without its star, as it lost its nerve and became sloppy in its trademark passing.
Besides Xavi Hernandez's second-minute free kick which just missed, PSG proved the more incisive side, needing to score with Barcelona holding the away-goal advantage.
But once the four-time world player of the year went on, Barcelona snapped into action, scored the decisive goal, and bossed the rest of the match.
"Leo is an extraordinary player. We knew that we had the option of playing him if the score wasn't favorable," Barcelona assistant coach Jordi Roura said. "Leo knows when to push it and when to put the brakes on. Not being 100 percent, he still has the same attitude and motivation to win."
PSG's main threat in the early stages was striker Ezequiel Lavezzi, who forced goalkeeper Victor Valdes into action twice before the quarter-hour mark, while Lucas sailed a long shot over the bar in the 19th.
Barcelona was limited to Andres Iniesta's incursions and Pedro's attempt that hit the side-netting from a tight angle.
Lavezzi had a good chance in the 24th when Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who excelled as a playmaker all game, put him through the Barcelona defense. However, Valdes was able to block the low ball he had poked toward the goal and Pique scrambled to clear the rebound.
PSG's surge rattled Barcelona, which uncharacteristically started to err in its normally crisp passes, and Lucas gave the Camp Nou crowd another scare with a header that Valdes swatted away after Ibrahimovic had picked the Brazilian out in the area.
"You could argue that we shouldn't have (been eliminated)," said PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti. "In the first half we could have scored. We had two or three good chances, and when we did score we could have added another. Messi going on gave his teammates, and the fans, a boost of confidence, even if he wasn't 100 percent."
A clever run by Lucas earned Adriano a yellow card in the 42nd, giving him a one-game suspension.
Pastore put PSG ahead when he worked a one-two with Ibrahimovic on the break to beat the offside trap, before holding off Dani Alves and using his left foot to scoop the ball over the sliding Valdes.
Messi immediately pulled up his socks on Barcelona's bench and soon started to warm up on the touchline — to cheers from the home fans.
After Dani Alves had sent a shot high from inside the area, huge applause greeted Messi when he went on for Cesc Fabregas.
Barcelona responded and started to pepper PSG's goal with shots from Pique and Iniesta, but Messi fluffed his first opportunity when he lost control while taking aim after a rebound had fallen to him in the box.
Messi soon made up for his miscue, though, when he sped past two defenders into the area and passed for David Villa, who then laid the ball off to Pedro with a clever backpass that the forward rifled into the corner of the net with a left-footed strike to restore the hosts' lead in the tie.
David Beckham started the first leg for PSG but Ancelotti left him on the bench until the 83rd minute for Wednesday's match.


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Seattle based artist Casey Weldon's newest series of work is a bit unsettling. He's painted a series of cats, each with four eyes. While the premise sounds simple enough, the product is more jarring than one might expect. Upon first viewing the paintings the animals don't appear as mutated creatures or monstrous as you might expect. Rather, the paintings seem to be making it difficult to focus. As humans we have a sensitive awareness of faces, eyes being a primary reference point. Perhaps because of this the two sets of eyes don't seem as much like a defect in the cat as a defect in our ability to focus on the painting. Also, Weldon's choice of exclusively depicting cats clearly references the internet. The animal's unexpected rise to the top of internet meme-dom, nearly makes cat's a symbol of internet culture itself. The gallery statement for his current exhibit at Spoke Art further expounds on this by saying:
"Ranging from internal commentary on the state of contemporary culture to a satirical analysis of the internet in general, Weldon has deftly created a body of new acrylic paintings that humor and appall. Through his thematic commonality of quadruple eyed animals, Weldon intentionally disorients the viewing experience by juxtaposing a subject that is impulsively attractive yet eerily disturbing. With this subtle manipulation the viewer finds themselves drawn towards these subjects, yet can't quite focus on them, akin in many ways to the eye fatigue experienced by countless hours on the internet, often fueled by the mindless addictive nature of social media. The choice of cats specifically as his subject matter continue on Weldon's commentary of the internet/social media. The immense popularity of cat culture and viral cat memes is unavoidable in this day and age, a point made all too apparent by the pairing of Weldon's exhibition with a Lil Bub art show just two doors down this month at Spoke Art." (via supersonic electronic)