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At PGT we consider ourselves more than a window and door manufacturer; we are a team of men and women who takes seriously our promises to our customers and our responsibility to the people who use our products in their homes and businesses. Our company was founded more than 30 years ago on core values that our team members — at every level, in every department — still live and work by each day. This helps us deliver on our customer promises and ensure that we remain at the forefront of the window and door industry.
Integrity – We value and reward honesty, reliability, and trustworthiness in our team members, so they can count on each other and our customers can count on them.
Family – We recognize the importance and the challenge of balancing work and home life, and support our team members in doing it successfully. We understand that, no matter who you are or where you live and work, family always comes first.
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The final months of construction of the new Buddy Phillips Bridge are under way, state transportation officials said Friday.
The final months of construction of the new Buddy Phillips Bridge are under way, state transportation officials said Friday.
Work on the bridge � which spans the New River on Marine Boulevard as part of U.S. 17 Business � slowed down in September and came to a full stop in October after the contractor, Intercoastal Contracting of Castle Hayne, filed bankruptcy. That filing occurred after the company lost a $2.6 million lawsuit for faulty work done in 2007.
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., the bonding company backing the contract, hired a subcontractor to finish the job and work began this past week, officials said.
Employees with Intercoastal have repeatedly declined comment. The company�s attorney, James Oliver Carter of Carter & Carter in Wilmington, has not returned previous messages.
When work stopped, the $11.8-million bridge project was 20 percent ahead of schedule, said David Candela, a resident engineer for the N.C. Transportation Department in Jacksonville.
Since work was ahead of schedule, the project is expected to be finished on time in late July, he said.
Engineers said the bridge project was roughly 90 percent complete with mostly road work on either side of the bridge left to finish. Two lanes of traffic are flowing on the new bridge while the old bridge has been demolished and used to create the first inland artificial reef in Onslow County.
The new bridge has replaced a 67-year-old bridge that was labeled one of the worst in the state by AAA Carolinas.
Until the project is complete, motorists using the bridge need to watch signs for changing traffic information, stay alert and obey posted speed limits, according to information from NCDOT.
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In this special 2-hour feature, Third Paradigm hosts the 10th anniversary episode of Unwelcome Guests. This show looks forward and backwards at whether schools at the university, secondary, and elementary levels are serving the greater good of society or the greater wealth of CEO's. In celebration of 520 episodes, this show begins by reading Lyn Gerry's introduction to the very first edition of Unwelcome Guests. It announces the many new features of the UnwelcomeGuests.net website, including show summaries, topic and speaker indexes, embedded audio player, interactive wiki design, and "collaboratory" studio: all provided through the altruistic largesse of Robin Upton. In the second hour, an alternative media forum called the UniverseCity is cited, with an invitation to listeners to join.
We start by looking at the current state of college financing through excerpts from "The Student Loan Scam" and "Wossamotta U." Then Ben Manski from Unwelcome Guests #345 looks at college costs a generation ago, and how corporatization has accompanied the rise in tuition. This episode was called "Dumbed Down, Buttoned Down, or Locked Down – Throwaway People in a Disposable Culture." The first hour ends with a reading from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig.
In the second hour, Ken MacDermottRoe of History Counts interviews John Taylor Gatto in his episode, "Dumbing Us Down." Then Kenneth Dowst of New World Notes plays the conclusion of one of John Taylor Gatto's talks, followed by an excerpt from Jonathon Kozol, who observes the same phenomenon but reaches a different solution. Data is presented from Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi's book "The Two-Income Trap."
Notable Quote: Keep in mind, this scheme was never intended…to be destructive, just the reverse. By converting Americans into specialized economic and social functions, into incompletely human human beings, this nation eventually achieved the most reliable domestic market in the world. The human mutilations of schooling are a trade0off for this prosperity. Comfort and security are achieved at the price of personal sovereignty and wholeness. That's what makes extended childhood a paradox – give it up and people will enter a zone of great turbulence, since most people don't have a clue what to do to make a living or how to entertain themselves. And the resolution of that turbulence nobody can predict.
Well-schooled people have a low threshold of boredom; they need constant novelty to feel alive. With only the flimsiest inner life, they must stay in touch with official voices…The cannot sit still without their minds wandering off to some commercial world or to the stock market…Well-schooled people must be poorly-trained in history, philosophy, economics, literature, poetry, music, art, theology, and anything known to develop a personal inner life… [It converts] spirits designed for independence into whiny, greedy, bored children who define themselves by what they consume…When you next find yourself appalled by infantile and irresponsible behavior that you see all around you, think of school as its forge and try to get rid of it.
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- Disney is closing its online virtual game "Toontown" after 10 years
- Many long-time players are upset that they'll lose contact with the "Toontown" community
- When massively multiplayer games close, players frequently feel a sense of loss
Sarah Luchsinger started playing Disney's online game "Toontown" in 2005 at the urging of her then 10-year-old goddaughter. It's become a place where she can spend time with her husband and two sons, working together on tasks and feeling like part of the larger "Toontown" community.
Now Disney is shutting the virtual world down and many long-time players like Luchsinger are dealing with the loss of an online home.
Launched in 2003, Disney's "Toontown Online" is a game for children and families where players work together to battle evil robots called Cogs, or pass the time growing gardens, fishing, and racing cars on the Goofy Speedway. In Toontown, members can also just hang out and chat with the friends they've made in the virtual world.
After 10 years and a significant drop in user numbers, Disney has decided to instead focus its resources on the more popular "Club Penguin" virtual world, which has about 200 million registered users. "Toontown" will be shuttered September 19.
The closing of an online virtual game may sound trivial to anyone who has never used or visited one, but to the people who spent a chunk of their formative years forging relationships inside their virtual walls, the loss can be huge.
For players of massively multiplayer online games (called MMOs or MMOGs) an online game can feel like a richly populated parallel universe with a distinct culture and set of social groups.
"When a virtual world closes, its users lose many things all at once," said Nick Yee, a researcher who has been studying virtual worlds for 14 years. "A living, breathing community with its own unique culture, slang, and lore; an accessible and familiar hangout with regulars and familiar faces; an online identity and persona that they're emotionally invested in and cultivated over time; and a social network of friends who have shared many experiences together."
MMOs can be a place to try on different identities. You get to choose how you are presented and make connections without worrying about looks or other snap judgments.
"This game is a home to us, a place where we can be who we are, where we can just be normal without discrimination and judgment," said longtime "Toontown" member Denise Tan.
In a large online survey of players from games such as "World of Warcraft," Yee found 24% of players had confided personal issues or secrets to online friends that they had not told their real life friends. The online communities can feel just as real as their in-person worlds -- 41% said the friends they'd made online were comparable or better friends than the ones they had in real life.
Other massively multiplayer online games have shut down after multiyear runs. After eight years, the "Star Wars Galaxies" game was given the Alderaan treatment and destroyed in 2011. Many of those players migrated to "Star Wars: The Old Republic." After "URU: Ages Beyond Myst" closed for the first time in 2004, 10,000 players were virtual "refugees" who moved on to other virtual worlds like "Second Life," according to Celia Pearce who studied the displaced URU players as part of her Ph.D. thesis.
Disney is hoping the diaspora of "Toontown" players will find a new home in "Club Penguin.
"Toontown" is far from being the most well-known or popular MMO to shut down, but that hasn't stopped a vocal outpouring of protests from the dedicated fan base.
There is a Change.org petition asking Disney to keep "Toontown" open and it has already gathered more than 9,000 signatures from members around the world.
"To some it was more than a mere game. It was a childhood. Adventures, exploration, meeting new friends and so much more ... it had a lot of meaning to all of us," reads the petition.
Because "Toontown" was a family game open to anyone 7 and older, many of its more dedicated users started as children and grew into young adults while playing the game, making it an integral part of their childhood.
"I think 'Toontown' is unique in that its long-time users literally grew up with the game," said Yee. "It's a little like me telling someone that they're tearing down 'Sesame Street.' Or that they're tearing down the neighborhood playground where you used to play."
Those tight relationships made in the game world frequently carried over into real life. There were even in-person gatherings for players called ToonFest at Walt Disney Studios and Walt Disney World.
Adults also used it to communicate with their younger family members.
After a divorce, Mike Kahn found himself 3,000 miles from his young son. The two have turned to "Toontown" as an entertaining alternative to Skype.
"Most people know 8-year-old boys don't want to talk on the phone much. 'Toontown' has become the solution for us to spend time together," said Kahn. "We can log in, my son in Florida and my daughter and I in Idaho and all play together while talking, laughing and spending quality family time together."
Grandparents like Mary Hudnall used it to keep in touch with grandkids, though she recently cut down after the 12-year-old grandson she played with the most moved on to "Minecraft."


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by Trevor Kuss, sports information assistant
MINNEAPOLIS – Georgia College men's cross country made their second long-distance trek for a race Saturday, Sept 29, this time to the University of Minnesota hosted Roy Griak Invitational. The Division II men's race was on an 8K course and consisted of 430 runners from 36 different schools, the Bobcats taking 33rd place.
Junior Philip Laskey (Marietta, Ga.) led the way for the third time this year, finishing first on the team with a score of 28:11, and 190th overall. Paul McNeil (Dunwoody, Ga.) has been the second Bobcat to finish in every race this season and continued the trend on Saturday, finishing 250th with a time of 28:56.
James Ryden (Atlanta) would be third on the team and 313th overall, with a time of 29:58. Junior Tucker Forbes (Lilburn, Ga.) would finish right behind Ryden and 343rd overall, with a time of 30:43. Freshman Michael Valerio (Evans, Ga.) rounded out the scoring for the Bobcats, placing 367th overall with a time of 31:20
The Bobcats will be back in action Friday, Oct. 5 as they travel to Augusta, Ga. and compete in the Jaguar Invitational. The Augusta race will be their last before the Peach Belt Conference Championships Oct. 20.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Arrhenoblastoma of the ovary is an ovarian tumor that releases the male hormone, testosterone, or other hormones.
See also: Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor
This is a rare tumor. It accounts for less than 0.5% of all ovarian tumors.
These tumors are found in women of all age groups, but are most common in young women.
This tumor releases male hormones, which cause the following symptoms in women:
Surgery to remove the tumor is the main treatment. If the cancer has spread, chemotherapy or radiation therapy may be considered.
You can ease the stress of illness by joining a support group where members share common experiences and problems. See cancer - support group.
The outcome of this disease depends on whether it has spread, and whether surgery can completely remove the tumor.
Arrhenoblastoma has a low chance of spreading. If the tumor is found early, the cure rate can be very good.
Call your health care provider if you are a woman and have masculine symptoms, or you feel a lump in your lower belly area.
There is no good screening test. Regular gynecologic exams and recognizing masculine symptoms may help detect the disease.
Bulun SE, Adashi EY. The physiology and pathology of the female reproductive axis. In: Kronenberg HM, Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 17.
Coleman RL, Gershenson DM. Neoplastic diseases of the ovary: screening, benign and malignant epithelial and germ cell neoplasms, sex-cord stromal tumors. In: Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 33.


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The federal Mckinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act and Texas state law protect the rights of homeless children and youth to receive a free and appropriate public education. Nearly everyone in Texas who is between the ages of 5 and 21 on September 1 of the school year and has not been expelled has the right to attend school, even if they:
Below are links to specific information about educating homeless children and youth. Our Fact Sheets also provide a great deal of information about implementing provisions of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act and Texas state law.
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A very limited supply of tickets remain available for the U.S. Air Force Heartland of America Band's Dec. 8 holiday concert in Glenwood. The free concert, co-sponsored by The Opinion-Tribune and the Glenwood Community School District, will take place at 2 p.m. in the Glenwood Community High School Performing Arts Center.
Tickets can be picked up in person at The Opinion-Tribune office, Glenwood State Bank and First National Bank. Tickets will be limited to four per request.
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The parts that are produced on Swiss machines these days amaze me. But it's not just the turning operations on extremely miniscule diameters that are impressive. It's the complex capabilities of the live, B-axis tooling, synchronized subspindles and various attachments that have brought Swiss machines into a whole new light. Truly, the latest generation of Swiss machines can typically be more accurately described as multitasking machines.
Tsugami's S207 20-mm gang-tooled Swiss-type is an example of such a machine that is able to produce complex, sculpted shapes on both the main and subspindle. It offers a servo-driven B-axis tool post that can move vertically and swivel in a 135-degree range around the part being machined. The B axis works in conjunction with the C-axis rotation to enable continuous cutting across virtually any area of the protruding barstock.
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Stone Temple Pilots Offer New DVD Details, Announce More 2012 Tour Dates
Stone Temple Pilots have moved the release of their 'Alive in the Windy City' DVD and Blu-ray to June 26, which pushes the offering a little closer to their late summer North American tour.
The reunited rockers let the cameras (and we're talking state-of-the-art, high definition here) roll during their 2010 performance at Chicago's Riviera Theatre for what turned out to be an electric evening. The 18-song set featured such standouts as 'Vasoline,' 'Interstate Love Song,' 'Sex Type Thing,' and the more recent favorite 'Between the Lines' before they wrapped up the evening with 'Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart.'
In addition to the hit-filled performance, each of the band members did exclusive interviews for the video piece, which brings the total running time up to 92 minutes. Look for the DVD retailing for $14.98 and the Blu-ray for $19.98 when they hit stores June 26.
With the concert video coming, the group is ready to do what they do best to promote it. They've booked a late summer tour beginning Aug. 18 in Pontiac, Mich. that will run into late September. Incidentally, one of the dates is Sept. 4 in Chicago at the Riviera Theatre where they filmed the 'Alive in the Windy City' show.
Some of the shows will be dedicated specifically to performing the band's breakout release, 'Core,' in its entirety. Meet-and-greet and VIP packages are currently available for the run. See the full list of dates below the following video.
Watch Stone Temple Pilots Perform 'Plush' From 'Alive in the Windy City'
Stone Temple Pilots Late Summer 2012 Tour:
8/18 — Pontiac, Mich. — Pontiac Silverdome
8/22 — Bethel, N.Y. — Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
8/24 — Atlantic City, N.J. — Revel Resorts / Ovation Hall
8/25 — Mashantucket, Ct. — MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods
8/27-29 — Huntington, N.Y. — The Paramount
8/31 — Gilford, N.H. — Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
9/1 — Hershey, Pa. — Hershey Stadium
9/4 — Chicago, Ill. – Riviera Theatre
9/6 — Thunder Bay, Ontario — Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
9/7 — St. Paul, Minn. — Myth
9/9 — Winnipeg, Manitoba — Winnipeg Convention Center
9/11 — Calgary, Alberta — Big 4 Building
9/12 — Edmonton, Alberta — Shaw Convention Centre
9/20 — Las Vegas, Nev. — The Pearl at the Palms
9/22 — Irvine, Calif. — Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
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A day of joy but also another day of horror. Even as American voters were giving the world the man whom opinion polls showed to be the overwhelming favourite in almost every country, his predecessor's terrible legacy was already crowding in on the president-elect.
Twenty-three children and 10 women died in the latest US air strike in Afghanistan, a failed war on terror that has only brought worse terror in its wake. In Iraq, explosions killed 13 people. Obama's stand against an unpopular war was the bedrock of his success on Tuesday, even though the financial meltdown sealed his victory. Now he must make good on his promises of withdrawal.
On Iran, the last of the toughest three issues in his foreign in-tray, his line differed sharply from McCain's. In contrast to the Republican's call to "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran", Obama offered dialogue. Though he qualified his initial talk of having the president sit down with his Iranian counterpart, he remains wedded to engagement rather than boycott.
In this arc of conflict - Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan - Obama's approach is preferable to Bush's or McCain's. The century-old paradigm of Republicans as the party of realism and the Democrats as the party of ideologues was turned upside down by the neocons. Bush led an administration of crusaders and took the country to disaster. Obama offers a return to traditional diplomacy.
Nevertheless, his position contains massive inconsistencies. While his instincts are cautious and pragmatic, he has not repudiated the war on terror. Rather, he insists that by focusing excessively on Iraq, the Bush administration "took its eye off the ball". The real target must be Afghanistan and if Osama bin Laden is spotted in Pakistan, bombing must be used there too.
This is a cul-de-sac. If the most important single thing that Obama should do quickly is to announce the immediate closure of Guantánamo Bay, the corollary has to be a declaration that the war on terror is over. Accept that terrorism is a technique. It is not an ideology. The west faces no global enemy, no worldwide Islamofascist conspiracy. Foreign crises should be treated on a case-by-case basis. Their roots lie in the complex interplay of local tensions, social grievances, economic inequalities, unemployment, food and water shortages and cultural prejudice that plagues so many countries. If fundamentalists of this ideology or that religion try to exploit that, they only scratch the surface. Don't hand them the gift of overreaction.
In Afghanistan that means separating the issue of the Taliban from that of al-Qaida. Nato's tentative new policy of talking to the Taliban should be expanded, so that foreign troops can be withdrawn from the south. The trend should be to bring troops out, not send more in. Erratic air strikes only enrage the population and foster the Pashtun resistance that is the foundation of the Taliban's support. Similarly in Pakistan Obama should forge stronger ties to the new government and give it funds to bring development to the North-West Frontier Province. Let Pakistani politicians take the lead in working with tribal authorities.
In Iraq the contradictions in Obama's policy centre on his plans to keep a "residual force". His promise to withdraw all combat troops by June 2010 will be welcomed by a majority in Iraq's parliament, which has been refusing to accept Bush's draft agreement, partly in the expectation that Obama would offer terms that better respected Iraq's sovereignty. But what does Obama mean by a residual force? He says it would hunt al-Qaida militants, protect the vast US embassy, and train the Iraqi army. Officials on his team say it could number as many as 50,000 troops. Even if much of this force remains on bases and is barely visible to Iraqi civilians (much as the 4,500 British at Basra airfield are), it cannot avoid symbolising the fact that the occupation continues. Obama should seize the opportunity to withdraw the US from Iraq with dignity. Only a total pull-out can remove the anger over the US occupation felt by most Arabs throughout the Middle East.
Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia will resist this. They will tell Obama that a US retreat hands victory to a resurgent Iran and Shias everywhere. But it is not a US withdrawal that will help Iran. Bush's war has already done that, since it was bound to empower Iraq's majority community. The best way to prevent Iran's strong relationship with the government in Baghdad from becoming a regional threat is for the US to engage with Iran and forge a new relationship.
Of course, that is easier said than done. By coincidence, American voters elected Obama on the anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran. American attitudes are still distorted by feelings of anger, humiliation and revenge going back 29 years. Iranian leaders are also wary, assuming reasonably enough that Bush was bent on "regime change" and Obama's softer policy may contain the same sting.
In his anniversary speech, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, praised the hostage seizure, as usual, as a blow against "global arrogance" - the shorthand now used for the US instead of the "Great Satan". But Khamenei raised the stakes by insisting the US must apologise for Bush's efforts to undermine Iran. He attacked what he called "the various plots the US government has hatched against Iran for the past five years". "Americans have not only refused to apologise for their acts but have also continued with their hegemony," he continued. "We are for safeguarding our identity, independence and dignity."
Nevertheless, most analysts in Tehran believe Iranian politicians want a new start. "The only opponents of dialogue with the US are hardliners in the conservative camp," Dr Hossein Adeli, a former ambassador in London who heads the Ravand thinktank, told me last week. "They're scattered among various factions. The mainstream of the conservatives favour dialogue with the US, as long as they conduct it themselves. Only if the reformist were running the dialogue might the conservatives oppose it."
In spite of his preference for dialogue, Obama refers to Iran's government as a "regime", and calls it "a threat to all of us". He also favours sanctions as long as Iran fails to suspend its uranium enrichment programme. Nor has he ruled out military action. But Iranians say the basis for compromise exists. The challenge for Obama is to show the world whether he is ready to offer Tehran a grand bargain rather than a big bang.


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Hornby Railways Percy And The Mail Train Set
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The Hornby Percy And The Mail Train Set lets you recreate your own Thomas the Tank Engine adventures with Hornby's superb range of Thomas & Friends engines, carriages and rolling stock in 00 Gauge.
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VLMC In the past week, I have been messing a bit with the VideoLAN Movie Creator (VLMC). This is a new project – not yet released in a stable version – from the VideoLAN developer community. It is meant to become "a free video editing software, offering features to realize semi-professional quality movies, but with […]
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12.15.09: Sometimes I just don't feel it
Somewhere, amidst the wrapping paper, Chanukah candles, Christmas tree and 30,000 gifts swimming in my head, I have lost my running mojo.
Now, granted this past week, I have had some all-consuming and highly emotional events (read: anger inducing) in my life, not the least of which included losing my $400 phone (containing a multitude of personal items) and attempting to see almost everyone in my Rolodex in a one-week span of time. Somewhere along the way, my running fire was dimmed.
All last week, each time I stepped on the treadmill, my whole body reacted with dread and laziness. I should have been speed training, running distance and pushing myself. Instead I was lazily walking, checking my email and taking a half hour to shower when I usually have to cram that part of the gym into 4.5 minutes. My mojo was missing.
This has happened before. In the past, there have been one or two weeks here and there where I was just not feeling the running and this is no more severe then those times. In fact, I believe yesterday's holiday 5k may have reignited the flame anyway. But it still has brought up an interesting fact: this has happened at least three times since the marathon.
An outsider might not notice. I still look motivated, mostly. I ran a respectable time at yesterday's Jingle Run (22:46). I did a nice nine-miler last weekend. I was on the treadmill all week, albeit much slower than usual. No this problem is not showing on the outside. It is an internal one.
It is possible I am suffering from a bit of burnout. People say it happens after a marathon when the event ends and the runner is left with an empty hole where training once was. And of course, it is no wonder. Training was a huge time commitment and I have felt restless and bored after my four-month training program came to its abrupt (26.2 mile) end. And while I have kept myself busy with other little races here and there, nothing compares to the excitement and anticipation of that first marathon.
So what next? Well obviously, I want to qualify for Boston on May 2 when I run my next marathon, but until then, should I run? Should I take a break and return anew? I am not sure.
I think the treadmill is part of my general blah. I used to love it, but now I find it monotonous and, so the plan as of now is to try to keep as many runs as I can outside, to integrate some new kinds of training into my running—heart rate, hills (which I am sorely in need of judging from yesterday's 5k) and even some track stuff. But most of all, I am going to go a little easy these next few months, not push quite so hard. I am thinking quite a bit about the race calendar I have planned for next year (Spring=one full marathon and one half) and how to best launch into that with a clean slate. My training for May 2 has to start around January 1.
For now, I am going to spend the next three weeks doing a little bit of running, a lot of cookie eating and some resting from the emotional turmoil I managed to stir up this week.
Perhaps I will take up knitting (thanks to Julia for the tip).
Sasha Brown-Worsham is a writer, a mother and an unabashed, unashamed runaholic. Check her progress each week as she trains to qualify for the Boston Marathon.


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Here in Prishtina (http://bit.ly/gk68qO) we have quite a tiresome internet connection. There are days when an ISP of choice goes down for hours to an end. Coincidentally, these are my most productive times, as I absolutely do not have access to Basecamp + gmail & can concentrate at the task at hand.
This story is a great inspiration as it gives me few proactive ideas on how to schedule "internet time" the best — while at work.
I salute you for this amazing experience & for the beautiful byproduct.


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The superscripted 'G' after place names is a link to the Google Map for that place.
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Manufacturer: DC Direct
Release Date: 2009
Wave/Assortment: Green Lantern Series 3
Packaging: Single Carded
Accessories: Green Lantern Stand
Scale: 7"
Sculpted by: James Shoop
Notes: Translucent Yellow Rings on Right Hand. Figures cape was painted black in the original solicitation photo from DCD.
The popular Green Lantern action figure line continues with a brand-new third series! The series features Cyborg Superman, Batman as a Green Lantern, Sinestro and Star Sapphire, all from Geoff Johns' historic run on GREEN LANTERN and featured prominently in the popular "Sinestro Corps War" story arc!
Manufacturer: DC Direct
Release Date: September 2009
Wave/Assortment: Wave 2
Packaging: Single Carded
Accessories: JLI Stand
Scale: 6.5"
Sculpted By: Tim Bruckner
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The best film corner in America
The best film corner in America
By Robert Horton
Considering the various past and upcoming film festivals in Seattle got me thinking about the intersection between moviegoing and moviemaking. I have always thought, or imagined, that a strong film culture that includes arthouse theaters, revivals of classics, college film programs and societies, and other such boosts to movie literacy, would be important to encouraging local filmmaking.
That's what I imagine. Is it really true? I don't actually know whether a busy film culture truly leads people to make movies, or makes their movies any better. You don't have to be a movie buff to make movies, but it helps. It also helps to have places to show your films at the local level, which is where the NW Film Forum, the Seattle International Film Festival, and Reel NW come in handy.
A couple of years ago the Independent Film Channel called the intersection of Roosevelt and 50th Street "the best film corner in America," thanks to the presence of Cinema Books (that awesome bookstore devoted to film books and paraphernalia), Scarecrow Video, and the Seven Gables theater. Throw in the Grand Illusion just up the street, and you've got a good argument.
Pike-Pine dwellers, with the Egyptian theater and the NWFF's lively repertory within walking distance, are also in good shape. It does seem likely that these spirited outposts for seeing film (and thinking about film) are a part of the current upswing in Seattle movie growth—and I hope the same is true in Vancouver, Portland, and any other spot on the map where somebody wants to make a film. That kind of overlapping seems important for instilling film literacy amongst would-be moviemakers—so if you call yourself a moviemaker, get yourself to an arthouse right away.
This week's Reel NW installment is Mighty Jerome, Charles Officer's melancholy documentary portrait of Vancouver athlete Harry Jerome, whose sprint toward the title of "World's Fastest Human" in the 1960s was complicated by a variety of issues. It's a fascinating story, and the decision to present it in black-and-white works extremely well.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Robert Horton is a film critic for KUOW (Seattle's National Public Radio station) and the Herald in Everett, Washington; he is also a longtime contributor to Film Comment and other magazines. He curates the Magic Lantern film-discussion program at the Frye Art Museum, teaches film at Seattle University, and is a guest speaker for Smithsonian Journeys and Humanities Washington, as well as a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. His books include Billy Wilder: Interviews, the upcoming Frankenstein, and the zombie-Western graphic novel Rotten and its prose spin-off The Lost Diary of John J. Flynn, U.S. Agent, and he blogs on movies at The Crop Duster and What a Feeling!. This year he is curator of the Museum of History and Industry's "Celluloid Seattle: A City at the Movies" exhibit.


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Longnecks and briefcases
Austin was buzzing this week, but it wasn't necessarily 375 of your closest friends and neighbors who came to town for Golden Triangle Days that caused all the commotion. It seems that a plastic bag ban went into effect at area retailers that sent shoppers scrambling – and complaining. Elsewhere a flotilla of taco trucks, sandwich wagons and organic food purveyors took to the streets in a continuing burst of entrepreneurial zeal in the state's capital city.
The business on the minds of industry leaders, elected and appointed officials and ordinary citizens in the Golden Triangle delegation was more prosaic, however – roads and bridges, water, education and health care. Over the course of three days, members of the delegation were able to talk and listen on these issues and make sure state government was engaged on how these issues played out in Southeast Texas.
Windstorm insurance in the coastal counties was a hot topic, with a detailed presentation from Rep. Todd Hunter and others on Monday, March 4, followed by a rally on the Capitol steps on Tuesday to urge lawmakers to spread the risk around with the argument that hurricane damage along the coast should be treated in a similar manner to hail or tornado damage in the rest of the state. One observer wondered aloud why coastal residents should bear more of the financial burden than the rest of the state, saying, "Where do these people (inland residents) come when they want to go to the beach?"
On Monday night, the Golden Triangle Days delegation hosted members of the House and Senate, their staffs and apparatchiks from other state agencies for a party Southeast Texas-style with music from Blue Broussard and Texas Country sensation the Josh Abbot Band. The food was catered by Big Rich Courville's outfit with links, potato salad and gumbo to show those Austinites how we roll in this corner of the state. It was a great event and proved the point that business can be conducted with a longneck in your hand as well as a briefcase.
James Shannon can be reached at (409) 832-1400, ext. 249, or by e-mail at james [at] beaumontbusinessjournal [dot] com.


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Memorial Bridge in Quincy Closed
As high water levels continue to rise along the Mississippi River, the Memorial Bridge in Quincy has been closed. Traffic is be diverted to Quincy's Bayview Bridge, which will now accommodate one lane of traffic flowing into Quincy, and another lane going out of the city and into Missouri.
The Quincy Police Department has issued this statement regarding the traffic situation:
The Memorial Bridge has been closed and the Bayview Bridge is now set up for east and west bound traffic. We have received a few phone calls regarding the long lines of traffic. We cannot solve that issue. Traffic will flow best by the use of the traffic signals. Drivers need to be patient and those intending to use the bridge should plan extra time for travel.As a reminder: Pedestrian traffic is also prohibited on the Memorial Bridge. Please do not go past the barricades.
A Flood Warning continues for the Mississippi River. There is a slight chance of showers early in the day on Friday. The weekend forecast looks dry, but the National Weather Service says that Quincy will see a 30% chance of additional showers and thunderstorms on Monday.


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10 Years of Wooster Collective at Jonathan Levine
Photos by G. Various Artists.
If you are a fan of street art and are in the New York area, you must check out "10 Years of Wooster Collective" at Jonathan Levine Gallery. Wooster Collective was at one time the go to site on the web to see street art from across the world and this exhibit celebrates the glory days. Some of the participating artists include: ABOVE, AIKO, Anthony Lister, Bast, Ben Eine, Blek le Rat, Bo130, Buffmonster, C215, Chris Stain, Cope2, Crash, D*Face, DALeast, Dan Witz, Daniel Sparkes, Dark Cloud, ELBOW-TOE, Eltono, Faile, Faith 47, Galo, How & Nosm, Hyuro, Invader, Jace, Jordan Seiler, JR, Kenny Scharf, Logan Hicks, Liu Bolin, Ludo, Mark Jenkins, Martha Cooper, Mcity, Michael De Feo, Microbo, Miss Van, Olek, Paul Insect, Ron English, Skewville, Skullphone, Stikman, Swoon, The London Police, TrustoCorp, Vhils, Vinz, Will Barras, WK, xoooox and Zevs.
This exhibit is only up for a limited time (August 24, 2013 to be exact) so don't miss this! The gallery space is in a pop-up location – 525 West 22nd Street in Manhattan.


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German language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). It is the official language of Germany and Austria and is one of the official languages of Switzerland. Altogether nearly 100 million people speak German as their first language, among them about 77 million in Germany; 8 million in Austria; 4.5 million in Switzerland; 2 million in the United States and Canada; about 2 million in Latin America; and several additional millions throughout Europe, including the Baltic republics, Belarus, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine, and the Balkan states. German is important as a cultural and commercial second language for millions of people in Central, Northern, and Eastern Europe and in North and South America.
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Hidden in the lookbook for Patrick Robinson's new "pant" collection for the Gap, are totally, amazingly epic SHOES! The little lace-up peeptoe wedges are from Pierre Hardy, and I'm especially fond of that murky green/gray color on the bottom right. The insane boots are from Gap's mainline and I love their Proenza Schouler meets hiking/duck-boots situations. The quasi-wedges on the bottom left are SO.GOOD. and I kinda need them like I need air to breathe.
I am seriously serious.
The Gap is KILLING it again!


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The 50th Anniversary Campaign will ensure that New England Public Radio has the facilities, equipment, technology, and programmatic resources needed to conceive, produce, and transmit content that meets the needs and high standards of our communities.
Read our latest UPDATE Letter as a PDF.
50th Anniversary Campaign Objectives
Facilities and Equipment
Expansion in Springfield New England Public Radio will nearly triple its existing office and studio space with the purchase and renovation of the first floor of the Fuller Block Building at 1525 Main Street in downtown Springfield—the geographic center of our broadcast area. Building Endowment for 1525 Main Street Proceeds from this endowment will help cover the cost of utilities and maintenance for the new facility in Springfield. Completion of State-of the-Art Facilities at UMass Amherst In the final phase of renovations at Hampshire House, the studio and production areas will be upgraded with the latest digital technology—providing the Five College community with a state-of-the-art facility and enhanced opportunities for interns.
Frequency Acquisition and New Technologies The Technology Fund will enable New England Public Radio to complete the purchase of all-news WNNZ, our 24/7 all-news format, and to acquire additional frequencies that expand WFCR and all-news WNNZ's reach. It will also help fund future technology and equipment upgrades for a range of broadcast needs.
Start-up Funds for New Locally Focused Programs The Program Fund will finance the launch of exciting new programs: Youth Radio; AudioFiles—a community-based music and talk series; and more news/talk programs and content on WFCR, all-news WNNZ, and nepr.net. Classical and Jazz Endowment Fund This fund will help ensure our permanent commitment to classical and jazz programming, which is of critical importance to WFCR's loyal and passionate music audience.
Be Part of this Transformation
The 50th Anniversary Campaign for New England Public Radio is the largest and most ambitious capital campaign in our history. It will quite literally transform our presence in the community and transform our ability to serve you better. By supporting this campaign, you're ensuring more local coverage of news and public affairs on WFCR and all-news WNNZ. You're championing music and the arts. You're supporting youth in our community. You're contributing to the economic and cultural vitality of Springfield. You're updating the stations' all-important facility at UMass Amherst. And you're making New England Public Radio an even stronger institution—an institution that will provide a voice for our communities for decades to come. We invite you to be part of this exciting transformation and thank you for your consideration.
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BACON, EDWARD A.: PAPERS, 1864 and 1896-1968. Chairman, Executive Council Air Coordinating Committee, 1953-60; Assistant to the Secretary of the Army for Canal Zone Affairs, 1954; member, Tolls Committee, St. Lawrence Seaway, 1958; member, Interstate Commission, Potomac River Basin, 1958-61; U.S. Chairman, International Joint Commission, U.S. and Canada, 1959-61; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management, 1954-60. 17 feet.
BARKER, RAY W.: PAPERS, 1942-46. Assistant Chief of Staff, War Plans Division, U.S. Forces in the British Isles, 1942-43; Deputy Chief of Staff, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, European Theater of Operations, 1943-44; Deputy Chief of Staff, SHAEF, 1944; Assistant Chief of Staff, G-1, SHAEF, 1944-45. 2 feet.
BARNES, BERT B.: MATERIAL RE U.S. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, 1953-72. Executive Assistant to Assistant Postmaster General, 1953-57; 1st Deputy Assistant Postmaster General, 1957-59; Assistant Postmaster General, 1959-61. 1 foot.
BAUER, ROBERT A.: PAPERS, 1939-98. Broadcaster, Free Austria Radio, France, 1939-40; broadcaster and Division Chief, Voice of America, 1942-58; Public and Cultural Affairs Officer, Department of State, 1958-72. -1 foot.
BAUGHMAN, URBANUS E.: PAPERS, 1953-71. Chief, U.S. Secret Service, 1948-61. -1 foot.
BEACH, EDWARD L.: PAPERS, 1935-62. Executive Officer, U.S.S. Tirante, 1944; Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Piper, 1945; Personal Aide to Chief of Naval Personnel, 1945-47; Office, Chief of Naval Operations, 1947-48; Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Amberjack, 1948-49; Naval Assistant to Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1949-51; Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Trigger II, 1951-53; Naval Aide to the President, 1953-57; Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Salamonie, 1957-58; Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Triton, 1958-61; author. 14 feet.
BEACH, EDWARD L. and EVAN P. AURAND: RECORDS, 1953-61. Naval Aides to the President. 10 feet.
BECKER, RALPH: PAPERS, 1957-87. Lawyer; Trustee, National Cultural Center, 1958-61 and 1970-76. -1 foot.
BENEDICT, STEPHEN: PAPERS, 1951-55. Assistant to Dr. Gabriel Hauge, Research Director of Citizens for Eisenhower, 1951-53; Assistant to the Administrative Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs, 1953-54; Assistant Staff Secretary, 1954-55. 3 feet.
BENNETT, ELMER F.: PAPERS, 1950-82. Legislative Counsel, Department of Interior, 1953-56; Assistant to Secretary of Interior, 1956-57; General Counsel, Department of Interior, 1957-58; Under Secretary of Interior, 1958-61. 10 feet.
BENSON, EZRA TAFT: PAPERS, 1952-61. Secretary of Agriculture, 1953-61. 2 feet. (partly on microfilm) ALSO: .5 Cubic ft. Unreviewed Accretion, Review upon Demand
BERG, AARON: PAPERS, 1947-72. Executive Chairman, National Committee of Columbia University Alumni for Eisenhower and Committee of the Eisenhower Program, 1952-56. -1 foot.
BERLIN, IRVING: PAPERS, 1952-83. Composer. - 1 foot.
BERMINGHAM, EDWARD J.: CORRESPONDENCE WITH DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, 1948-58. Columbia University Trustee (photocopies). 1 foot.
BETTS, THOMAS J.: PAPERS, 1913-77. Brigadier General; Intelligence Officer, SHAEF, 1944-May 1945; Director of Intelligence, U.S. Group, Control Council for Germany, May 1945; author of numerous articles, short stories, and poems. 4 feet. (closed pending processing)
BEVAN, VELBER K.: PAPERS, 1951-1952. Korean War veteran. .2 feet.
BICKS, ROBERT A.: PAPERS, 1953-61. Staff member, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, 1953-59; Assistant Attorney General, 1960-61. 4 feet. (closed pending processing)
BIRD, JOHN: MATERIAL RE ARTICLES WRITTEN BY DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER FOR THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. Senior Editor, Saturday Evening Post, 1960-64, Editor-at-Large, 1964-69. -1 foot. Review upon Demand
BISSELL, RICHARD M., JR.: PAPERS, 1909-95. Consultant, Economic Cooperation Administration, 1948; Assistant Deputy Administrator, Economic Cooperation Administration, 1948; Deputy Director & Acting Director, Mutual Security Agency, 1951-52; Consultant to the Director, Mutual Security Agency, 1952-55; Special Assistant to the Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 1954-59; Deputy Director of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency, 1959-62; Co-director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1961-62; Executive Vice President, Institute for Defense Analysis, 1962; President, Institute for Defense Analysis, 1962-64. 34 feet. (For further information about this collection, please see Appendix)
• Calendar Series
• Correspondence Series
• Cosmopolitan Shipping Company Consulting Series
• Covenant Group Series
• Economics Notes and Papers Series
• Ford Foundation Series
• Historic and Oversize Papers Series
• Hoagland Consulting Series
• Interviews Series
• Marshall Plan Series
• Miscellaneous Publications Series
• National Defense Problems Group Series
• Oral History Interviews Series
• Personal Information and Biographical Series
• Social Science Research Council Series
• Subject Series
• Talks and Papers Series
• United Aircraft Series
• United States Steel Consulting Series
• Walt and Eugene Rostow Series
BLACK, LILLIAN "RUSTY" BROWN: PAPERS, 1945-2005. Red Cross worker, World War II; Ssecretary on White House staff, 1953-61; Personal Secretary to Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1962-67. 2 feet.
BOILLOT, CLAUDE E.: PAPERS, 1934-84. U.S. Representative, Suez Canal Company (Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez), 1952-78. 10 feet.
BOOKMAN, GEORGE B.: PAPERS, 1981-93. Journalist; edited memoirs of Gabriel Hauge. -1 foot.
BORTMAN, MARK: PAPERS, 1956-67. Member, Board of Directors, and Chairman, Civic Committee, People-to-People Program, 1956-67. 25 feet.
BOSTER, DAVIS E.: PAPERS, 1949-2005. Political Officer, American Embassy, Moscow, 1947-49; Desk Officer for the Soviet Union, Department of State, 1949-54; Political Officer, American Embassy, Bonn 1954-58; Personal Assistant to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, 1958-59; Officer in Charge of Soviet Union Political Affairs, Department of State, 1959-62; Political Officer, American Embassy, Mexico City, 1963; United States Ambassador to Bangladesh, 1974-76; United States Ambassador to Guatemala, 1976-1979. -1 foot. Review upon Demand
BRAGDON, JOHN STEWART: PAPERS, 1954-62. Staff Advisor on Public Works Planning, Council of Economic Advisors, 1954-55; Special Assistant to the President to Coordinate Public Works Planning, 1955-60; member, Civil Aeronautics Board, 1960-61. 4 feet.
BRAGDON, JOHN STEWART: RECORDS, 1949-61. 37 feet.
BRAINARD, CHARLES L.: PAPERS, 1945-67. Member, The Eisenhower Foundation; Secretary, The Eisenhower Presidential Library Commission. 5 feet.
BRERETON, LEWIS H.: PAPERS, 1918-67. Commander, Far East Air Force, Philippines, 1941; Deputy Air Commander in Chief, Allied Air Forces, Java, 1942; Commander, Middle East Air Force (9th Air Force), 1942-43; Commanding General, 9th Air Force, European Theater,1943-44; Commander, 1st Allied Airborne Army, 1944-45; Chairman, Military Liaison Committee to the Atomic Energy Commission, 1945-58. -1 foot.
BRIGGS, RUTH M.: PAPERS, 1942-54. Secretary to General Walter Bedell Smith. -1 foot.
BROOKS, GLADYS HARDING: PAPERS, 1915-69. Boyhood friend of Dwight D. Eisenhower. -1 foot.
BROWNELL, HERBERT, JR.: PAPERS, 1877-1988. Lawyer; member, New York State Legislature, 1933-35; Chairman, Republican National Committee, 1944-45; campaign manager for Thomas Dewey, 1948; Attorney General, 1953-57; Chairman, National Study Commission on Records and Documents of Federal Officials, 1975-77. 114 feet.
BUCHANAN, MRS. WILEY T.: PAPERS, 1952-64. Wife of U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg,1953-57, and Chief of Protocol, U.S. Department of State, 1957-61. 17 feet. (closed pending processing)
BUCKNER, SIMON BOLIVAR, JR.: PAPERS, 1941-45. Commanding General, Alaska Defense Command, 1941-44; Commanding General, Tenth Army, 1944-45. -1 foot.
BUENNING, ARVEL E.: PAPERS, 1936-63. Chairman, Dickinson County Republican Central Committee of Kansas, 1951-53. 4 feet.
BULKELEY, JOHN D.: PAPERS, 1928-84. Commander, motorboat submarine chaser, Division 2, 1941; Commander, motor torpedo boat, Squadron 3, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, 1941-42; Commander, Task Force 122.4.4, Normandy Invasion, 1944; Commander, U.S.S. Endicott, 1944-45. 1 foot.
BULL, HAROLD R.: PAPERS, 1943-68. Commanding General, Replacement and School Command, Army Ground Forces, Birmingham, Alabama, 1942-43; Chief of Operations and Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, Headquarters, European Theater, 1943-44; Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces, 1944; Commanding General, 4th Infantry Division, 1944; Chief of Staff, U.S. Forces, European Theater, 1945-46. 1 foot.
BULLIS, HARRY A.: PAPERS, 1947-63. Chairman of the Board, General Mills, 1948-59; Chairman, Mutual Security Operations Team to Formosa, 1953; member, Hoover Commission Task Force on Overseas Economic Operations, 1954-55; Trustee, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1954-59; Chairman, Business Organizations Committee, People-to-People Program, 1956. -1 foot.
BURCHMAN, LEONARD: PAPERS, 1952. Director of Publicity, New York State Citizens for Eisenhower, 1952. -1 foot.
BURGESS, W. RANDOLPH: PAPERS, 1951-62. Deputy to Secretary of Treasury, 1953-54; Under Secretary of Treasury, 1955-57; U.S. permanent representative to NATO, 1957-61. -1 foot.
BURNS, ARTHUR F.: PAPERS, 1928-69. Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors, 1953-56; Chairman, Advisory Board on Economic Growth and Stability, 1953-56; Chairman, Cabinet Committee on Small Business, 1956; member, President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy, 1961-66; President, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1957-67. 58 feet.
BURROUGHS, ROBERT P.: PAPERS, 1953-59. Businessman; Finance Chairman, Republican State Committee of New Hampshire; Special Advisor to Dwight D. Eisenhower in presidential campaigns of 1952 and 1956. -1 foot.
BUTCHER, HARRY C.: PAPERS, 1910-59. Naval Aide to General Eisenhower. 7 feet.
BUTTERFIELD, SAMUEL H.: PAPERS, 1948-2005. Staff member, Department of Labor, 1950-53; Bureau of the Budget, 1953-58; International Cooperation Administration and Agency for International Development, 1958-80; director, aid missions to Tanzania, 1966-68, and Nepal, 1976-80; affiliate professor, University of Idaho, 1981-89; conservation advisor to Botswana, 1985-87. 25 feet.
BYROADE, HENRY A.: PAPERS, 1940-92. Assistant Secretary of State, 1952-55; Ambassador to Egypt, 1955-56; Ambassador to Union of South Africa, 1956-59; Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1959-62. -1 foot.
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text: Stakes Are High in May 1 Hearing on California Dairy Pricing Proposal April 25, 2013 08:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Catherine Merlo Farm Journal's Milk Western and Online Editor Email The state's dairy producer and processor sectors each say their very survival is at stake if AB31 doesn't go their way. The stakes could hardly be higher for the two main sectors of California's dairy industry. The state's dairy producers and processors each say their very survival is at stake if AB31, the proposed legislation to change the state's pricing system, doesn't go their way. "This is the most important dairy legislation before the legislature since the inception of milk pooling in 1967," says Tom Barcellos, president of Western United Dairymen (WUD), which sponsored the bill. "If passed, this bill will ensure that prices paid to [dairy producers] are fair and competitive." Processor interests, however, say the bill would ruin the ability of the state's cheese-makers to compete nationally or globally while giving farmers false hopes for the future. One showdown in the conflict is set for May 1, when AB31 will be heard by California's Assembly Agriculture Committee at the Capitol in Sacramento. The bill, introduced by Assemblyman Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), would more closely align the whey value in California's 4b formula with the regulated minimum price for whey found in surrounding states. Demand for whey, a byproduct of the cheese-making process, has increased significantly in world markets in recent years. WUD is urging its members to contact the Assembly Agriculture Committee and push for the bill's passage. Other supporters include California Dairies, Inc., Land O' Lakes, Dairy Farmers of America, Milk Producers Council, California Dairy Campaign, California Grain and Feed Association and California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association. WUD's CEO, Michael Marsh, says the bill is a solution ensuring the survival of California's dairies and "will cost consumers nothing." California's price paid for milk made into cheese is "shockingly less than the price paid for the same use of milk in the 49 other states," says Marsh. The state's dairy processors maintain that the proposed legislation declares war on cheese-makers. "By arbitrarily inflating the cost of milk used to make cheese, and by making higher prices permanent, AB31 will force many California cheese-makers out of business or into other states, shrinking the very market dairy farmers depend on to buy their milk," says Rachel Kaldor, executive director of the Dairy Institute of California, a trade association that represents milk and dairy processors on legislative and regulatory matters. "Instead of encouraging new investment to grow the industry, AB31 eliminates it." A better approach, she notes, is the California Department of Food and Agriculture's (CDFA) task force of dairy farmers, cheese-makers and other milk processors assembled to arbitrate solutions "that are fair to all, and that prepare our state's dairy industry for the new century." The May 1 hearing, scheduled for 1:30 p.m., is the first step in moving AB31 thought the full legislative process, says Rob Vandenheuvel, executive director of the Milk Producers Council. "It's critically important that the Committee members understand the importance of providing California's dairy farmers with a milk price that is comparable with prices paid for milk around the country," says Vandenheuvel. "We simply cannot afford to continue providing a state-sponsored $800 million discount (since 2010) on the milk we sell to cheese manufacturers. It is destroying California's dairy farming community. The hearing on May 1 is an important step toward changing that." Back to news


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Every day, a new bullet-ridden horror story bleeds into the ongoing debate about gun-related violence:
A Kaufman County prosecutor is gunned down in the courthouse parking lot. A Dallas man kills the mother of his children — in front of them. Chicago teenager Hadiya Pendleton, who performed at President Barack Obama's inauguration, is caught in what may have been a gang-related shooting.
But "for instance" is not proof. And emotion doesn't always lead to good public policy. While broad statistical analysis isn't nearly as plentiful as it might be, there are some cold facts on hand about gun ownership, use and abuse for the nation — and for Texas.
A lot of what's out there is limited in scope or the information is dated. Just this week, an editorial about gun control appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine. The footnotes cited four studies. The most recent data in any of them was at least 15 years old.
"There is no hidden pool of research," said Dr. Garen Wintemute, author of the editorial and the director of the violence prevention research program at the University of California, Davis.
That's not to say there's no data. Both sides of the debate cite the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, which pull together information about many kinds of crime. A few private surveys manage to slip gun-related questions in. And academic types comb through old data with the assumption that American behavior hasn't changed dramatically in a couple of decades.
The best available information paints a broad picture:
Gun ownership
There is no census of privately owned guns in the United States or Texas. Only four states — not including Texas — require registration. But the international Small Arms Survey estimated in 2007 that there were about 270 million to more than 314 million privately owned guns in America.
Only a handful of states — again, not including Texas — require permits for gun owners. The largest-ever survey on gun ownership happened in 2002, by the federal Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. A poll of more than 240,000 adults came up with an estimate that about a third of the households in America had at least one gun.
According to that study, Texas tied for fourth in percentage of household gun ownership among the 10 largest states. Despite our 10-gallon hat reputation, we lagged behind Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
The General Social Survey, a smaller private annual poll that started in 1972, estimates that the percentage of American households with guns peaked in 1977, at about 47 percent, and has been declining since.
Gun violence
Based on the federal National Crime Victimization Survey, something like 50,000 people, give or take a bunch, were threatened last year by a gun in the United States and survived.
Other surveys say that about 31,000 or so were killed by a bullet, including more than 8,000 homicides. (The rest were suicides or accidents.)
With the exception of the homicides, which are closely counted, estimates of gun victims are pretty rough. How rough? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tracks gunshot injuries. The CDC is 95 percent sure that the 2011 total was between 36,708 and 111,058 — pegging its estimate at 73,883.
Gun use
Leave aside the relatively uncontroversial use of guns for hunting and sport. How often are firearms used in self-defense? That's a hard question to ask accurately, much less answer. Here are two examples:
A homeowner hears a suspicious noise outside and, fearing it's a robber, grabs a gun and investigates. He sees nothing and heads inside. Is that a successful use of a gun? The gun owner is likely to say it was. But statistics measuring only actual attacks wouldn't count it.
Two men start to fight in the street. The one who starts the fight realizes he's losing and pulls a gun, scaring his opponent into fleeing. Should that be counted as a righteous use of a gun in self-defense? Polls that simply ask people if they used a gun to ward off an attack might count this.
However you define your count, the actual numbers are probably much, much smaller than the number of violent attacks.
The National Crime Victimization Survey is a federal program that maintains a panel of about 40,000 households. Every six months, the panel is queried about whether anyone there has been the victim of a crime and, if so, the circumstances. In six of the past 10 years, the survey identified fewer than 10 examples — too few to say much about national trends.
The best the victimization program can say, pulling together surveys from several years, is that people use guns for self-defense in about 1 percent of all violent attacks — fewer than 100,000 times per year.
Those opposed to gun control often cite the work of Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck. In 1992, he commissioned a survey of about 6,000 people, asking if they had used a gun in self-defense during the past year and five years. Kleck came up with an estimate of 2.5 million. But violent crime in America has dropped about 75 percent since that survey, leaving a question of how relevant the results are now.
Both of these estimates have their academic supporters and detractors, with several researchers saying the truth is likely in the middle.
Lack of data
Experts cite at least two reasons for an information drought about ways to reduce gun-related violence: Good research on unusual events — shootings remain unusual in America — is hard to do and therefore expensive. And Congress choked off funding for gun-related research starting in 1996, saying that much of the analysis was politically slanted against gun ownership.
Current legal restrictions prohibit funding research with results that "advocate or promote gun control," prohibit the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms from tracing or sharing information about how often a dealer sells guns that end up seized in crimes, and stops doctors from gathering data about their patients' gun ownership or use.
After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, Obama asked that Congress remove the funding restrictions. No action has been taken.


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First introduced in 1888, and the very first design to be intellectually protected by the brand at the time, French luxury brand Louis Vuitton presents the new Signature Damier Luggage Collection for Spring/Summer 2013. The iconic pattern is back in numerous new versions, both in terms of colors and in terms of materials. From solid black and brown leathers to attention seeking fluo colors, the brand has something to offer for all tastes and styles, perfectly in line with its timeless allure.
The history of the pattern is remarkable and it remains to be one of the very few patterns of the history luxury brand, that the founder himself has actually worked on, making it even more special. Flip through the new Signature Damier Collection in the above gallery and watch the corresponding video here below.


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Mark Frauenfelder & Carla Sinclair, bOING bOINGAges: Mark, 36; Carla, ??
Selections: "I'll Say Anything," by David Pescovitz (page 97); "Emergency Personal Broadcast TV," by Bill Barker (page 147)
Recent review (from MMM): "I love this zine! I love the noise it makes in my head, the way it looks, the articles, the attitude, the design, but mainly the way that you can say the name over and over again and not get bored."
Sample: $5 from 11288 Ventura Blvd., #818, Studio City, CA 91604 (checks: Mark Frauenfelder)
When did you launch your zine? What inspired you to do so?Mark: We launched bOING bOING in 1988. I was a mechanical engineer designed one of about 100 parts. It took months and months to design and test your assigned part. All the engineers knew each other by what parts they were designing. I was the motor guy. The engineer next to me was the flex lead guy. On Fridays we'd go to lunch with the actuator guy and the spacer ring guy and talk about sports and imported cars. I hate sports and I hate cars built after 1960, so even the meals were unsatisfying. I needed some kind of creative outlet, so Carla and I decided to start a zine. We decided to explore the coolest, wackiest stuff we could think of, and came up with the name bOING bOING. Bouncing through our crazy world.
Why publish a zine?Mark: I love zines because one person can be responsible for all 100 parts. There's no money in it, but it can lead to paying gigs if you're good.
Carla: We publish to get "for review" freebies like records and books in the mail. Also, if you're a publisher you don't have to kowtow to anyone. You never have to query. You can say what you want, and talk about stuff the mainstream publications avoid either out of fear or ignorance.
Have you ever published any other zines?Mark: Before we started bOING bOING, I did two issues of a mini-comic called Toilet Devil. I read an article about a gorilla they trained to use sign language. Whenever the gorilla was mad at one of the humans, she'd call them a toilet devil.
Any general tips for aspiring zinesters?Mark: Keep it small and you'll have more fun. Newsstand distribution is a drag. The freight is expensive, the sell-through rates are low, it is a chore doing the accounting, and distributors are famous for going out of business before they pay you. You'll probably lose money if you try it. Also, don't start a music zine. There are already ten thousand music zines out there. Nobody cares what you think about music anyway.
Carla: Don't get all caught up in mass-circulation and big-time advertisers. Of course if you're creating a magazine you have to play the game, but we're talking zines here. Our goal used to be to make bOING bOING slick and popular, but to do that we had to deal with tightwad distributors and write about stuff we weren't interested in to attract ads. It took all the zest out of zinemaking. It became more business than pleasure, and I was pulling out my hair. Now our goal is to just to have fun. As long as it keeps on giving me pleasure to create it, I'm in. We've cut WAY back on distribution (it's basically subscription-only now) and we throw away requests from advertisers. We went from a circulation of 100 up to 17,000, and then back down to several thousand. I guess we've come full circle.
What's your favorite part of doing a zine?Mark: Reading a great story submission and designing the zine.
Carla: Opening a box that's just come from the printers to see how the new issue looks.
In my other life, I'm an:Mark: freelance writer and illustrator. The stuff no one will pay me for goes into bOING bOING. And it's always the best stuff, natch.
Carla: writer and author. My books are Happy Mutant Handbook, Net Chick and my novel Signal to Noise.
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Quasi-Literals and Quasi-Parsers
E supports quasi-parsers. A quasi-parser allows one to compress large numbers of operations into a succinct notation (a quasi-literal) in a specific problem domain. Writing your own quasi-parsers (which can be done in E itself, as the JPanel quasiparser described below was written) is beyond the scope of this book. However, E comes with several quasi-parsers built in: a simple quasi-parser, a regular expression quasi-parser, a JPanel quasi-parser for Swing, and a swtGrid quasi-parser for SWT.
Simple quasi-parser
The default quasi-parser is a text manipulating parser capable of extracting data from strings and constructing new strings. In its simplest form, it is a clean and simple way of constructing strings for printing:
# E sample def a := 3 def answerString := `The value a is $a, and a times two is ${2 * a}.` println(answerString)
Here we use a simple quasi-parser to build an output string in a fashion similar to the printf statement in C. Quasi literals are enclosed in back-ticks. A dollar sign denotes the beginning of a description of a value to be inserted at the dollar sign location. If the dollar sign is immediately followed by a variable name, the value of that variable is used. If the dollar sign is followed by an open brace, everything up to the close brace is evaluated to compute the value to be substituted (so you could put "$" inside the braces to put a dollar sign in the string, as well as doing arithmetic as in the above example). Quasi-literals can span multiple lines, in which case the carriage return is part of the structure.
A more sophisticated use of simple quasi-literals is for pattern matching. Here we parse a sentence:
# E sample def line := "By the rude bridge that arched the flood" if (line =~ `@word1 @{word2} rude @remainder`) { println(`text matches, word1 = $word1`) }
The string on the left of =~ is compared to the quasi literal on the right, evaluating true if the string can be parsed in conformance with the quasi literal. The "@" asserts that any text can match this part of the string, and the variable declared after the "@" contains that text at the end of the evaluation. The variable "word2" is enclosed in braces to offset it from the word "rude" immediately following it, which would look like part of the variable name without the offset.
In this example, the minimal string that can get a match would be space-space-"rude ", in which case the data extracted for variables word1, word2, and remainder would all be zero-length strings. As it is, at the end of the evaluation, word1=="By", word2=="the", and remainder == "bridge that arched the flood".
A single quasi-literal can contain dollar signs as well as "@"'s, in which case the results of the dollar sign evaluations will be included in the matching conditions.
The int guard will not convert strings to ints, so to extract an integer from a string, use something like this:
def line := "The number 5" def `The number @xString` := line def x := __makeInt(xString) # value: 5
For floating-point numbers, you can use <import:java.lang.makeDouble>.parseDouble(...).
Regular expression quasi parser
The regular expression quasi-parser gives E much of the CGI scripting power that Perl and Python share. Since E runs on top of a jvm with all the startup time such jvms entail, using E for CGI scripts per se is not recommended. However, if one uses the distributed computing power of E to run CGI-like E programs as services for a Web server, one can achieve the same effect, and receive a number of bonuses unavailable in Perl and Python. The example Web server written in E, shown at the end of the book, was designed with just this thought in mind.
The JPanel quasi-parser processes visually understandable strings into complex window panel layouts for gui applications. It is a most remarkable and useful example of quasi-parsers in action, giving the developer a rather WYSIWYG presentation of his windows. Thus the E programmer has no need to resort to the typical inflexible IDE-specific drawing tools that produce code no one can read and absolutely no one can edit. Under the covers, the JPanel uses the GridBagLayout manager to compose the panel, giving it a flexibility comparable to the TK layout system from TCL (which actually inspired the JPanel). Unlike the typical visual layout editors in Java IDEs, the JPanel system is able to define a broad range of resizable windows simply and intuitively.
# E syntax # define the panels explanation,label, field, okButton, cancelButton, logo # pad1, pad2, which are label fields before # this example begins def composedPanel := JPanel`$explanation.Y > > $label $field > $okButton $cancelButton $pad1.X V $pad2 $logo`
In this layout, the explanation (presumably a textArea) is at the top of the composedPanel, with the label and field left-to-right underneath, and the okButton to the left of the cancelButton/logo area arranged top-to-bottom. This is a layout for a 3-wide, 4-high grid of cells, though some the panes fill multiple cells, and the rules for which cells grow are sophisticated, as described next:
The ".Y" says that the explanation should soak up any extra vertical space. The ".X" says the field should soak up any extra horizontal space. The two ">" symbols say that the explanation should span all three of the columns of this pane. The field fills two horizontal cells as denoted by the ">" which follows it. The "V" in the lower lefthand corner says that the okButton should fill two vertical cells.
When this pane is part of a resizable window, enlarging vertically makes the explanation larger. Enlarging the window horizontally enlarges the field but not the label. Both the cancel button and the okButton should remain the same size regardless of resizing since the extra space is being soaked up elsewhere.
If several elements have ".Y", the extra vertical space is divided evenly among them; similarly fields with ".X" share extra horizontal space.
The space characters used to separate the elements of this layout have no meaning to the quasi-parser; we have used the space to create a visual representation of the layout that makes it easy to see the layout even though this is just code.
It is not possible to lay out all possible compositions with a single JPanel, but JPanels can dramatically reduce the nesting of panels compared to Java applications, while making the layout visually clear in the code itself. And of course, you can always place JPanel-laid-out panels inside of other JPanel layouts. The result is tremendously more compact, easier to understand, and easier to maintain than the result of nesting large numbers of Swing Box layouts.
A similar quasi-parser, the swtGrid, is included for layout of SWT panels. The main difference, as shown in later example code, is that the swtGrid requires a first entry that is the parent panel for the laid out components, e.g.
def label := <widget:makeLabel>(frame, SWT.getLEFT()) swtGrid`$frame: $chatArea.X.Y $label.X $commandLine.X`
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The SQL quasi-parser can be used to execute SQL statements and queries. Many languages use simple string substitution to build SQL queries, but this opens the risk of SQL injection attacks, where the user (attacker) supplies input to a query that is misinterpreted as part of the SQL statement. Using a quasi-parser, E prevents this possibility. For example, we don't have to worry about the quote character in this user's name:
def name := "O'No! $@?" sql`INSERT INTO users (userName, karma) VALUES ($name, 0)`
For details, see the SQL page.