text: During install I noted this; In Quota sect. quotacheck -avugm returned: Cant find filesystem to check or filesystem not mounted with quota option In MySql sect netstat -tap the number after listen was different something like 4322 (forgot to note it) /etc/my.cnf did not look anything like this! here is what I have: Code: [mysqld] datadir=/var/lib/mysql socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock # Default to using old password format for compatibility with mysql 3.x # clients (those using the mysqlclient10 compatibility package). old_passwords=1 [mysql.server] user=mysql basedir=/var/lib [mysqld_safe] err-log=/var/log/mysqld.log pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid In PERL Modules install Net'::'DNS I noticed one of the lines returned something like; "Error T101 Resolver File" (went to fast for me to catch it) the end returned this though: Code: 5/6 skipped: Socket6 and or IO::Socket::INET6 not loaded All tests successful, 4 tests and 14 subtests skipped. Files=23, Tests=909, 22 wallclock secs (17.18 cusr + 2.31 csys = 19.49 CPU) /usr/bin/make test -- OK Is there anything here that needs to be fixed? Lance aka latcarf


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Against Arkansas today, Alabama covered the over (51 points) without allowing Arkansas to score. This is a difficult thing to accomplish. Vegas didn't see it coming - the last line I saw was Arkansas +20.5 - but at least two Razorbacks fans knew this one was going to be the college football equivalent of a sewer main break. I just wish my brother and I had been wrong.
From our Google chat a few hours before the game:
me: I hope you put $1,000 on Alabama to cover when you were in Vegas this week. [Note: In my family this would constitute a preposterous amount of money to bet.]
Dane: Yeah, I saw some places only giving 14 points while I was there. I knew it was a good bet but it would have been blood money. The spread is still only 20, which I think is crazy. They're going to kill us.
me: Let's predict our own over/under and final spread.
(The line with Tyler Wilson was 51 o/u.)
I say Alabama wins 40-something to something-teen.
I'm saying the over/under is 60, with a spread of 26.
Dane: I'm thinking Bama 55, Hogs 10.
me: Whoa!
Dane: We will not be able to move the ball worth a shit.
me: Outscored by 10 points per quarter.
Yeah, but good special teams ...
I know.
It's going to be a fucking bloodbath.
Dane: I know. I posted on FB yesterday about the '05 '06 USC blowouts. This could be just as bad.
The two implosions of which he speaks were disasters for the Razorbacks, who unfortunately scheduled Southern Cal near its Carrollian apotheosis. In 2005 the Trojans hoisted a middling Arkansas team 70-17 and in 2006, at a game I actually paid to attend, they whomped a solid but McFaddenless Arkansas team 50-14 in Fayetteville.
As hometown-deluded as this sounds, that game felt much closer than a 36-point loss. And sure enough, the Hogs bounced back to win 10 straight games. This year, though, Arkansas has looked lost and, worse, borderline gutless in all three of its games, with only a win over Jacksonville State to show for its season so far. The overtime loss to Louisiana-MONroe was grisly, but this 52-0 smearing marks the first time Arkansas has been shut out in Fayetteville in nearly 50 years. In the booth today Gary Danielson said of the Razorbacks, "I hate to say it, but they may have to start over." It was the CBS color announcer version of "Oh! The humanity!" They can start, maybe by getting Wilson healthy and back on the field. Tweets just after the game reported that Tyler Wilson flatly called out his teammates as quitters. Sounds about right.
The only question there is left to answer, as John L. Smith spends the rest of the autumn tinkering with the fonts on his resume, is: When a coach's contract spans its life of 10 months and not a heartbeat longer, will there even have been such thing as a John L. Smith "era," strictly speaking?

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This document defines the WS-I Simple SOAP Binding Profile 1.0, consisting of a set of non-proprietary Web services specifications, along with clarifications and amendments to those specifications which promote interoperability.
This is a final specification. Please refer to the errata, which may include normative corrections to it.
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1. Introduction
1.1. Relationships to Other Profiles
1.2. Notational Conventions
1.3. Profile Identification and Versioning
2. Profile Conformance
2.1. Conformance Requirements
2.2. Conformance Targets
2.3. Conformance Scope
2.4. Claiming Conformance
3. Messaging
3.1. Message Serialization
3.1.1. XML Envelope Serialization
3.1.2. XML Namespace declarations
3.1.3. Unicode BOMs
3.1.4. XML Declarations
3.1.5. Character Encodings
4. Description
4.1. Bindings
4.1.1. SOAP Binding Extensions
4.1.2. Unbound portType Element Contents
Appendix A: Referenced Specifications
Appendix B: Extensibility Points
Appendix C: Acknowledgements
This document defines the WS-I Simple SOAP Binding Profile 1.0 (hereafter, "Profile"), consisting of a set of non-proprietary Web services specifications, along with clarifications to and amplifications of those specifications which promote interoperability.
Section 1 introduces the Profile, and explains its relationships to other profiles.
Section 2, "Profile Conformance," explains what it means to be conformant to the Profile.
Each subsequent section addresses a component of the Profile, and consists of two parts; an overview detailing the component specifications and their extensibility points, followed by subsections that address individual parts of the component specifications. Note that there is no relationship between the section numbers in this document and those in the referenced specifications.
This Profile is derived from those Basic Profile 1.0 requirements related to the serialization of the envelope and its representation in the message, incorporating any errata to date. These requirements have been factored out of the Basic Profile 1.1 to enable other Profiles to be composable with it.
A combined claim of conformance to both the Basic Profile 1.1 and the Simple SOAP Binding Profile 1.0 is roughly equivalent to a claim of conformance to the Basic Profile 1.0.
This Profile composed with the Basic Profile 1.1 supercedes the Basic Profile 1.0.
The keywords "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC2119.
Normative statements of requirements in the Profile (i.e., those impacting conformance, as outlined in "Conformance Requirements") are presented in the following manner:
RnnnnStatement text here.
where "nnnn" is replaced by a number that is unique among the requirements in the Profile, thereby forming a unique requirement identifier.
Requirement identifiers can be considered to be namespace qualified, in such a way as to be compatible with QNames from Namespaces in XML. If there is no explicit namespace prefix on a requirement's identifier (e.g., "R9999" as opposed to "bp10:R9999"), it should be interpreted as being in the namespace identified by the conformance URI of the document section it occurs in. If it is qualified, the prefix should be interpreted according to the namespace mappings in effect, as documented below.
Some requirements clarify the referenced specification(s), but do not place additional constraints upon implementations. For convenience, clarifications are annotated in the following manner: C
Some requirements are derived from ongoing standardization work on the referenced specification(s). For convenience, such forward-derived statements are annotated in the following manner: xxxx, where "xxxx" is an identifier for the specification (e.g., "WSDL20" for WSDL Version 2.0). Note that because such work was not complete when this document was publiished, the specification that the requirement is derived from may change; this information is included only as a convenience to implementers.
This specification uses a number of namespace prefixes throughout; their associated URIs are listed below. Note that the choice of any namespace prefix is arbitrary and not semantically significant.
This document is identified by a name (in this case, Simple SOAP Binding Profile) and a version number (here, 1.0). Together, they identify a particular profile instance.
Version numbers are composed of a major and minor portion, in the form "major.minor". They can be used to determine the precedence of a profile instance; a higher version number (considering both the major and minor components) indicates that an instance is more recent, and therefore supersedes earlier instances.
Instances of profiles with the same name (e.g., "Example Profile 1.1" and "Example Profile 5.0") address interoperability problems in the same general scope (although some developments may require the exact scope of a profile to change between instances).
One can also use this information to determine whether two instances of a profile are backwards-compatible; that is, whether one can assume that conformance to an earlier profile instance implies conformance to a later one. Profile instances with the same name and major version number (e.g., "Example Profile 1.0" and "Example Profile 1.1") MAY be considered compatible. Note that this does not imply anything about compatibility in the other direction; that is, one cannot assume that conformance with a later profile instance implies conformance to an earlier one.
Conformance to the Profile is defined by adherence to the set of requirements defined for a specific target, within the scope of the Profile. This section explains these terms and describes how conformance is defined and used.
Requirements state the criteria for conformance to the Profile. They typically refer to an existing specification and embody refinements, amplifications, interpretations and clarifications to it in order to improve interoperability. All requirements in the Profile are considered normative, and those in the specifications it references that are in-scope (see "Conformance Scope") should likewise be considered normative. When requirements in the Profile and its referenced specifications contradict each other, the Profile's requirements take precedence for purposes of Profile conformance.
Requirement levels, using RFC2119 language (e.g., MUST, MAY, SHOULD) indicate the nature of the requirement and its impact on conformance. Each requirement is individually identified (e.g., R9999) for convenience.
For example;
R9999 WIDGETs SHOULD be round in shape.
This requirement is identified by "R9999", applies to the target WIDGET (see below), and places a conditional requirement upon widgets; i.e., although this requirement must be met to maintain conformance in most cases, there are some situations where there may be valid reasons for it not being met (which are explained in the requirement itself, or in its accompanying text).
Each requirement statement contains exactly one requirement level keyword (e.g., "MUST") and one conformance target keyword (e.g., "MESSAGE"). Additional text may be included to illuminate a requirement or group of requirements (e.g., rationale and examples); however, prose surrounding requirement statements must not be considered in determining conformance.
Definitions of terms in the Profile are considered authoritative for the purposes of determining conformance.
None of the requirements in the Profile, regardless of their conformance level, should be interpreted as limiting the ability of an otherwise conforming implementation to apply security countermeasures in response to a real or perceived threat (e.g., a denial of service attack).
Conformance targets identify what artifacts (e.g., SOAP message, WSDL description, UDDI registry data) or parties (e.g., SOAP processor, end user) requirements apply to.
This allows for the definition of conformance in different contexts, to assure unambiguous interpretation of the applicability of requirements, and to allow conformance testing of artifacts (e.g., SOAP messages and WSDL descriptions) and the behavior of various parties to a Web service (e.g., clients and service instances).
Requirements' conformance targets are physical artifacts wherever possible, to simplify testing and avoid ambiguity.
The following conformance targets are used in the Profile:
The scope of the Profile delineates the technologies that it addresses; in other words, the Profile only attempts to improve interoperability within its own scope. Generally, the Profile's scope is bounded by the specifications referenced by it.
The Profile's scope is further refined by extensibility points. Referenced specifications often provide extension mechanisms and unspecified or open-ended configuration parameters; when identified in the Profile as an extensibility point, such a mechanism or parameter is outside the scope of the Profile, and its use or non-use is not relevant to conformance.
Note that the Profile may still place requirements on the use of an extensibility point. Also, specific uses of extensibility points may be further restricted by other profiles, to improve interoperability when used in conjunction with the Profile.
Because the use of extensibility points may impair interoperability, their use should be negotiated or documented in some fashion by the parties to a Web service; for example, this could take the form of an out-of-band agreement.
The Profile's scope is defined by the referenced specifications in Appendix A, as refined by the extensibility points in Appendix B.
Claims of conformance to the Profile can be made using the following mechanisms, as described in Conformance Claim Attachment Mechanisms, when the applicable Profile requirements associated with the listed targets have been met:
The CCAM URI may change before final publication.
The conformance claim URI for this Profile is "http://ws-i.org/Profiles/SimpleSoapBinding/1.0".
This section of the Profile incorporates the following specifications by reference, and defines extensibility points within them:
SOAP 1.1 defines an XML structure for transmitting messages, the envelope. The Profile mandates the use of that structure, and places the following constraints on its use:
R9700 A MESSAGE MUST serialize the envelope as the exclusive payload of the HTTP entity-body.
R9701 A MESSAGE MUST serialize the envelope as XML 1.0.
R9702 A MESSAGE MUST have a "Content-Type" HTTP header field.
R9703 A MESSAGE's "Content-Type" HTTP header field MUST have a field-value whose media type is "text/xml".
Although published errata NE05 (see http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-names-19990114-errata) allows this namespace declaration to appear, some older processors considered such a declaration to be an error. This requirement ensures that conformant artifacts have the broadest interoperability possible.
R9704 An ENVELOPE SHOULD NOT contain the namespace declaration xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace".C
XML 1.0 allows UTF-8 encoding to include a BOM; therefore, receivers of envelopes must be prepared to accept them. The BOM is mandatory for XML encoded as UTF-16.
R4001 A RECEIVER MUST accept envelopes that include the Unicode Byte Order Mark (BOM).C
Presence or absence of an XML declaration does not affect interoperability. Certain implementations might always precede their XML serialization with the XML declaration.
R1010 A RECEIVER MUST accept messages with envelopes that contain an XML Declaration. C
The Profile requires XML processors to support the "UTF-8" and "UTF-16" character encodings, in order to aid interoperability.
As a consequence of this, in conjunction with SOAP 1.1's requirement to use the "text/xml" media type (which has a default character encoding of "us-ascii") on envelopes, the "charset" parameter must always be present on the envelope's content-type. A further consequence of this is that the encoding pseudo-attribute of XML declaration within the message is always ignored, in accordance with the requirements of both XML 1.0 and RFC3023, "XML Media Types".
The "charset" parameter of Content-Type HTTP header field must be used to determine the correct character encoding of the message, in absence of a "charset" parameter, the default value for charset (which is "us-ascii") must be used.
R1012 A MESSAGE MUST serialize the envelope using either UTF-8 or UTF-16 character encoding.
R1018 A MESSAGE's "Content-Type" HTTP header field-value MUST indicate the correct character encoding, using the "charset" parameter. C
R1019 A RECEIVER MUST ignore the encoding pseudo-attribute of the envelope's XML declaration in a message.
This section of the Profile incorporates the following specifications by reference, and defines extensibility points within them:
WSDL 1.1 defines a SOAP binding extension for describing messages serialized as SOAP envelopes. The Profile mandates the use of that structure, and places the following constraints on its use:
The Profile limits the choice of WSDL bindings to the well defined and most commonly used WSDL SOAP binding. WSDL 1.1 defined binding extensions for HTTP GET/POST and MIME, or any other attachments technology, are not permitted by the Profile.
element in a DESCRIPTION MUST only use the WSDL SOAP Binding as defined in WSDL 1.1 Section 3.
R9800 In a DESCRIPTION WSDL binding extension elements and attributes which cause messages on the wire to be non-conformant to the Profile MUST NOT be used.C
R9801 In a DESCRIPTION the WSDL MIME and HTTP GET/POST and DIME binding extensions MUST NOT appear in the SOAP binding.C
Note that this places a requirement on the construction of conformant
elements. It does not place a requirement on descriptions as a whole;
in particular, it does not preclude WSDL documents from containing
WSDL 1.1 is not explicit about whether it is permissible for a
to leave the binding for portions of the content defined by
wsdl:portType unspecified.
wsdl:binding in a DESCRIPTION SHOULD bind every
wsdl:part of a
wsdl:message in the
wsdl:portType to which it refers to one of
A portType defines an abstract contract with a named set of operations
and associated abstract messages. Although not disallowed, it is
expected that every part of the abstract input, output and fault
messages specified in a portType is bound to
soapbind:body or
(and so forth) as appropriate when using the SOAP binding as defined in
WSDL 1.1 Section 3. Un-bound wsdl:parts should be ignored.
The following specifications' requirements are incorporated into the Profile by reference, except where superseded by the Profile:
This section identifies extensibility points, as defined in "Scope of the Profile," for the Profile's component specifications.
These mechanisms are out of the scope of the Profile; their use may affect interoperability, and may require private agreement between the parties to a Web service.
This document is the work of the WS-I Basic Profile Working Group, whose members have included:
Mark Allerton (Crystal Decisions Corp), Steve Anderson (OpenNetwork), George Arriola (Talking Blocks, Inc.), Siddharth Bajaj (Verisign), Keith Ballinger (Microsoft Corp.), David Baum (Kantega AS), Ilya Beyer (KANA), Rich Bonneau (IONA Technologies), Don Box (Microsoft Corp.), Andrew Brown (Verisign), Heidi Buelow (Quovadx), David Burdett (Commerce One, Inc.), Luis Felipe Cabrera (Microsoft Corp.), Maud Cahuzac (France Telecom), Mike Chadwick (Kaiser Permanente), Martin Chapman (Oracle Corporation), Richard Chennault (Kaiser Permanente), Roberto Chinnici (Sun Microsystems), Dipak Chopra (SAP AG), Jamie Clark (OASIS), David Cohen (Merrill Lynch), Ugo Corda (SeeBeyond Tech), Paul Cotton (Microsoft Corp.), Joseph Curran (Accenture), Alex Deacon (Verisign), Mike DeNicola (Fujitsu Limited), Paul Downey (BT Group), Jacques Durand (Fujitsu Limited), Aladin Eajani (Hummingbird, Ltd.), Michael Eder (Nokia), Dave Ehnebuske (IBM), Mark Ericson (Mindreef Inc), Colleen Evans (Microsoft Corp.), Tim Ewald (Microsoft Corp.), Chuck Fay (FileNET Corp.), Chris Ferris (IBM), Daniel Foody (Actional Corporation), Satoru Fujita (NEC Corporation), Shishir Garg (France Telecom), Yaron Goland (BEA Systems Inc), Marc Goodner (SAP AG), Pierre Goyette (Hummingbird, Ltd.), Hans Granqvist (Verisign), Martin Gudgin (Microsoft Corp.), Marc Hadley (Sun Microsystems), Norma Hale (Webify Solutions Inc), Bob Hall (Unisys Corporation), Scott Hanselman (Corillian), Muir Harding (Autodesk Inc.), Loren Hart (Verisign), Andrew Hately (IBM), Harry Holstrom (Accenture), Lawrence Hsiung (Quovadx), Hemant Jain (Tata Consultancy), Steve Jenisch (SAS Institute), Erik Johnson (Epicor Software), Bill Jones (Oracle Corporation), Anish Karmarkar (Oracle Corporation), Dana Kaufman (Forum Systems), Takahiro Kawamura (Toshiba), Oldre Kepka (Systinet), Bhushan Khanal (WRQ Inc.), Sandy Khaund (Microsoft Corp.), Jacek Kopecky (Systinet), Sanjay Krishnamurthi (Informatica), Sundar Krishnamurthy (Verisign), Eva Kuiper (Hewlett-Packard), Sunil Kunisetty (Oracle Corporation), Christopher Kurt (Microsoft Corp.), Lars Laakes (Microsoft Corp.), Canyang Kevin Liu (SAP AG), Ted Liu (webMethods Inc.), Donna Locke (Oracle Corporation), Brad Lund (Intel), Michael Mahan (Nokia), Ron Marchi (EDS), Jonathan Marsh (Microsoft Corp.), Eric Matland (Hummingbird, Ltd.), Barbara McKee (IBM), Derek Medland (Hummingbird, Ltd.), David Meyer (Plumtree Software Inc.), Jeff Mischkinsky (Oracle Corporation), Ray Modeen (MITRE Corp.), Tom Moog (Sarvega Inc.), Gilles Mousseau (Hummingbird, Ltd.), Greg Mumford (MCI), Jim Murphy (Mindreef Inc), Bryan Murray (Hewlett-Packard), Richard Nikula (BMC Software, Inc.), Eisaku Nishiyama (Hitachi, Ltd.), Mark Nottingham (BEA Systems Inc), David Orchard (BEA Systems Inc), Vivek Pandey (Sun Microsystems), Jesse Pangburn (Quovadx), Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart (Sun Microsystems), Mike Perham (Webify Solutions Inc), Eric Rajkovic (Oracle Corporation), Shaan Razvi (MITRE Corp.), Rimas Rekasius (IBM), Mark Richards (Fidelity), Graeme Riddell (Bowstreet), Sam Ruby (IBM), Tom Rutt (Fujitsu Limited), Saikat Saha (Commerce One, Inc.), Roger Sanborn (Crystal Decisions Corp), Matt Sanchez (Webify Solutions Inc), Krishna Sankar (Cisco Systems Inc.), Jeffrey Schlimmer (Microsoft Corp.), Don Schricker (Micro Focus), Dave Seidel (Mindreef Inc), AKIRA SHIMAYA (NTT), David Shoaf (Hewlett-Packard), Yasser Shohoud (Microsoft Corp.), David Smiley (Ascential Software), Seumas Soltysik (IONA Technologies), Joseph Stanko (Plumtree Software Inc.), Andrew Stone (Accenture), Julie Surer (MITRE Corp.), YASUO TAKEMOTO (NTT), Nobuyoshi Tanaka (NEC Corporation), Jorgen Thelin (Microsoft Corp.), Sameer Vaidya (Talking Blocks, Inc.), William Vambenepe (Hewlett-Packard), Claus von Riegen (SAP AG), Rick Weil (Eastman Kodak Company), Scott Werden (WRQ Inc.), Ajamu Wesley (IBM), Ian White (Micro Focus), Dave Wilkinson (Vignette), Mark Wood (Eastman Kodak Company), Prasad Yendluri (webMethods Inc.), and Brandon Zhu (NetManage Inc).


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Detroit tourism seeks rebound after year lost to pandemic
DETROIT (AP) — Timothy Tharp has owned businesses in Detroit long enough to remember when parts of downtown resembled a ghost town. He's also seen its resurgence with new restaurants, hotels and throngs of people since the city's emergence from bankruptcy.
Then came COVID-19 and people stopped coming. Tharp estimates his three restaurants and bars have lost a combined $1 million since March 2020.
But now as vaccinations increase and government-ordered lockdowns and restrictions are lifted, Tharp believes the coronavirus pandemic could be remembered as just another hurdle the Motor City has overcome.
"We've gotten used to the apocalypse over and over and over again," said Tharp who owns Grand Trunk Pub, the Whisky Parlor and the Checker Bar in and around downtown. "We crawl out of the ashes and rise again every 10 years. That's what we do."
Groups and companies already are booking dates in Detroit for this year and next. Businesses also are putting together Detroit-specific packages featuring high-end hotels and swanky restaurants, an effort to attract short-stay visitors who can drive in from nearby states.
Detroit is not alone. Convention and tourism leaders across the U.S. are banking on a comeback from the virus, which forced most Americans to stay close to home for months last year.
The costs of COVID to the convention and business meeting industry is "not even believable," said Sherrif Karamat, president and chief executive officer of Chicago-based Professional Convention Management Association and the PCMA Foundation.
In the U.S., losses are estimated at $300 billion. The year before the pandemic, conventions generated more than $1 trillion globally, Karamat said.
"Almost all of that went away," he said. "It would have been the 15th largest gross domestic product in the world."
As some businesses found it difficult, if not impossible, to connect and bring people together face-to-face, the global supply side — hotels, convention centers, restaurants — suffered.
Lessons learned over the past year will help the industry adjust to restrictions and the need to keep people safe, Visit Indy Chief Executive Leonard Hoops said.
Since July 1, 2020, Indianapolis has hosted 32 groups inside the Indiana Convention Center and more than 239,000 people attending their events.
The Indianapolis metropolitan area hosted this year's men's NCAA basketball tournament, which saw games played at multiple venues. The number of fans attending any one game was limited to 25% of each venue's capacity. Mask-wearing was required, although that rule was not always adhered to by fans.
About $100 million was spent in the region during the tournament.
"You had to be masked, have temperature checks and health screenings," Hoops said. "If it's safe to go to Target with a mask on and safe to go to Kroger with a mask on, why isn't it safe to go to an event with a mask on?"
Meanwhile in Detroit, the pandemic came at a pivotal time.
The city's population has shrunk by more than 1 million people since the 1950s. That, along with downsizing in the auto industry and other manufacturing, all but decimated Detroit's tax base, leaving the city broke. A state-appointed emergency manager took over in 2013 and herded the city through the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. In December 2014, Detroit exited bankruptcy financially leaner and nearly debt-free.
Its downtown convention center in 2013 hosted only seven groups, which brought about $47 million in direct spending to the area's economy. In 2019, 29 groups had booked events through the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, bringing in $148 million in direct spending.
As confidence and reinvestment returned, it became easier to market Detroit as a destination. Big events pumped millions of dollars into the Detroit area's economy.
In 2019, the annual North American International Auto Show brought in an estimated $430 million. That public event is not booked through the convention and visitors bureau. The auto show was canceled last year and won't happen this year. It will be replaced by an outdoor event called Motor Bella in September at a racetrack called the M1 Concourse north of the city. Organizers hope to return to the downtown TCF Center convention hall in 2022.
About $40 million came with the 2009 NCAA men's basketball Final Four, which was held at Ford Field, while the 2006 Super Bowl brought in an estimated $274 million.
Not many big conventions are expected this year, but 2022 promises to be a rebound year, said Claude Molinari, president and chief executive of the Detroit convention and visitors' bureau.
Over the past month, events have been booked that could bring nearly 40,000 visitors and about $41 million to the region. Some that canceled last year, such as FIRST Robotics and the International Women's Forum, have signaled they will return in the future.
Meanwhile, the Injection Molding and Design Show will debut next March at Detroit's TCF convention center. It is expected to attract 4,000 people and fill up hotel rooms. Another 5,000 are expected to attend the June 2022 Silicone Expo USA in Detroit.
"I'm really looking at (2020) as a pause and not a shutdown," Molinari said. "We were ready to take off just before the pandemic and we are ready right now coming out of it."


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OCEAN BEACH, CA. We've learned that the popular crafts store Rock Paper Scissors, which shut its doors suddenly a couple weeks ago, had a very rocky closure, indeed.
The store's closure was so rocky, that many of the store's vendors feel ripped-off and say the store's owner, Jeff Fagan, owes them thousands of dollars.
Some of the vendors are talking about suing Fagan.
Accusations are flying, anger is rising. When he closed the store, Fagan gave the vendors insufficient notice; he hasn't paid back February rents, or even for some vendors January rents, or for some monies from December, or the original deposits. He owes his vendors thousands, tens of thousands; one estimate is a quarter million.
Apparently, after collecting February rents from his vendors, he surprised everyone by telling them soon after that he was permanently closing the store's doors on Thursday, Feb. 5th, and they had until Wednesday the 4th to remove their stuff. There's a question whether he has paid his employees.
Shocked vendors were forced to drop everything overnight, and attend to hauling their goods out of the store.
We spoke to several vendors who wish to remain anonymous as the atmosphere surrounding the store is quite toxic. They confirmed that they had not been paid February rents, or their original deposits. And they were pissed. We spoke to another vendor who claimed she was paid her December and January monies, but not her Feb. rent.
The crafts mall on Newport Avenue in the old Bank of America building, the former site of Gold's Gym, had dozens of individual vendors with quality items, hand-made art, jewelry, crafts, mounted photographs, clothing, imports from Asia and South America. The mall had become quite popular amongst locals and tourists alike. OBceans would take visiting family there almost as a tourist stop. I know someone personally who blew his entire Christmas budget there one year. Definitely not your average craft mall as glass blowing, yoga, dance and jewelry classes were offered, many of them held in the old bank vault.
Everyone loved the place.
Fagan, who goes around as the colorful Dr. Jefe, had earlier owned Apogee Piercing, another successful business down the street, when he opened Rock Paper Scissors, International Galleria in June 2006. Fagan also had a corner of the store filled with his imports, and owns an import business across the street.
But whether suffering from the financial meltdown that's going on around us or not, at some point Fagan considered bankruptcy. Months ago he decided he was going to close. But he didn't tell the vendors and instead just kept collecting their rents. He reportedly took his usual Asia tour and brought back many imports to sell. He traveled to New York, San Francisco. One former vendor claimed Fagan had bought a new expensive car.
Apparently some vendors have been paid their rightful amounts. But enough of them have not been made whole that this story won't go away soon. We plan to talk to Dr. Jefe and get his side of the story. There's always at least two sides to any story.


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All hail the humble mouse, lowly foot soldier of the productivity wars, pint-size pointer-pushing pawn in service to mighty King Mac. Your mouse is the only peripheral you caress for hours a day (you only tickle your keyboard), but you may have never thought of replacing the limited Apple Mouse or Magic Mouse that shipped with your Mac or pondered augmenting your 'Book's touchy trackpad.
Mice have come a long way in the 40-plus years since they were invented by inveterate tinkerer Doug Engelbart and his colleague Bill English at the Stanford Research Institute. Wheels and balls have given way to sensitive optical and laser sensors, blocky hand-twisting designs have been replaced by ergonomic contours, many mice have sprouted multiple buttons on their backs and sides, wireless connectivity has freed us from cable tangle, and powerful driver software offers individualized customization. We're in the Golden Age of Rodents.
It's time to look at the mice you're missing. However, the wealth of choices can be daunting. We have a few tips to help you.
Buying advice: Mice
Wired or wireless: The wired-versus-wireless decision involves a choice between conveniences. Do you want to worry about how much power is left in a wireless mouse's batteries, or do you want to avoid the hassle of a USB tether?
Of course, you could eliminate that first worry if you simply carry extra batteries. Many wireless mice also provide a warning light to alert you when your battery is failing.
USB cables can be a hassle, but so can a wireless USB dongle for wireless mice that use radio frequency (RF) instead of Bluetooth. Some mice use dongles that are tiny quarter-inch nubbins.
Bluetooth or RF: If you've decided on a wireless mouse, your next choice is Bluetooth versus RF. The advantage of Bluetooth is that since it connects to circuitry inside your Mac, you needn't fill a precious USB port with an RF dongle. The disadvantage is that Bluetooth can be finicky, occasionally balking at waking up its connection after your mouse has been napping. RF, on the other hand, is rock-solid.
Shape: A mouse doesn't have to have a simple lozenge shape. A symmetrical lozenge or a humpbacked mouse does, however, have the advantage of being ambidextrous-usable by both right- and left-handed mousers. Unfortunately, your hand isn't symmetrical. A mouse designed for your hand's contours can help ward off dreaded RSI complications such as carpal tunnel syndrome.
What's comfortable for one person isn't for another. It's important to try a mouse before you buy it. Mice that are designed to fit the hand may not necessarily fit your hand.
If you choose a mouse that doesn't have advanced driver software, you can still join the configurability party by installing third-party driver software such as USB Overdrive ($20) or SteerMouse ($20).
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What mouse you choose depends on your needs-it's important to try before you buy. There are lots of rodents to from which to choose, and it can be a little daunting to figure out which ones to consider. To help you get started, here are three mice that we've reviewed. Use our reviews to get you started.
With its BlueTrack technology, the Microsoft Explorer Mouse has a tracking system that works on a wider variety of surfaces than your typical optical or laser mouse. If you're right-handed, the five-button Explorer Mouse feels great. It uses wireless RF and comes with a USB dongle. Read the full review. [$80 ( Get best current price); Microsoft]
The Logitech V550 Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks is a wireless RF mouse that does everything right. The ambidextrous V550 is the right weight and the right size, and has the right tracking accuracy, the right software, the right features, and the right accessories to make it the go-to mouse for notebook users. Read the full review. [$60 ( Get best current price); Logitech]
While our review of the Apple Magic Mouse wasn't entirely favorable, it is a unique device. It uses Multi-Touch and you can use the whole surface above the Apple logo for finger swipes. You can swipe up, down, left, right, diagonally, or even in a circle. The mouse has only two buttons, and requires Bluetooth. Read the full review. [$69 ( Get best current price); Apple]
[Rik Myslewski has been writing about the Mac since 1989. He has been the editor in chief of MacAddict (now Mac|Life), the executive editor of MacUser (Ziff-Davis) and the director of MacUser Labs, and the executive producer of Macworld Live. His blog can be found on Myslewski.com. Blair Hanley Frank and Roman Loyola contributed to this guide.]


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The draw of backcountry skiing and snowboarding has never been greater.Backcountry technology has improved dramatically in recent years and the lure of uncrowded terrain and fresh snow has driven people to look beyond liftlines for their turns.And South Shore ski resorts have taken notice.Following promising early season snowfall, both Kirkwood Mountain Resort and Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort have rolled out their backcountry offerings in recent weeks.Kirkwood's cat tours, included under the resort's Expedition: Kirkwood program, takes guests to Martin Point, past the northwest boundary of the resort, according to a release from the resort.New for the program this year are guided backcountry tours in the resort's Thunder and Avy bowls, areas not included in the resort's previous offerings. The tours include educational and backcountry safety skills and are designed for advanced riders."Expedition: Kirkwood is all about getting you more terrain," Jon Copeland, Kirkwood's Ski & Ride School director, said in the statement. "Whether that's inbounds or out, we're going to work on off-piste skiing and riding techniques, terrain selection and management, and rescue procedures and protocols."The resort will also hold a backcountry camp from Feb. 15 to 18. The camp is an "intense" program led by professional guides and avalanche instructors."Students can expect to walk away with a solid understanding of developing a plan, how to travel safely and efficiently in a backcountry environment, as well as their (American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education) Level 1 Certificate with multiple tours during the course," according to the statement.Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort has also introduced snowcat tours this year. Tours into Huckleberry Canyon, 320 acres of terrain east of the resort's Grandview Express lift, began within the past two weeks, resort spokesman Steven Hemphill said.The resort had planned to debut the tours last winter, but a lack of snowfall scuttled the snowcat forays into the canyon, which can also be accessed through several backcountry gates at the resort. Operation of the tours is always dependent on snow conditions, Hemphill said.
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'Professor Dumpster' to speak at Texas State about year-long project
Posted by Jayme Blaschke
University News Service
March 3, 2014
Jeff Wilson
Jeff Wilson, professor of environmental science at Huston-Tillotson University, will give a presentation at Texas State University 6:30 p.m. March 4 on his ongoing attempt at living in a dumpster for an entire year.
Wilson, popularly known as "Professor Dumpster," will speak in room 127 of McCoy Hall on campus. The event is sponsored the Bobcat Net Impact student organization. It is free and open to the public.
With a 33-square-foot dumpster and a team of students and experts, Wilson will transform the dumpster from a barely habitable used garbage container to a sustainable house and interactive teaching lab, drawing attention to the fact that much of the Third World survives in housing of similar size.
During his ambitious project, Wilson will make a dumpster his home for a full year starting in fall of 2013. The initial phases of the project amounted to essentially "dumpster camping" in the bare-bones frame. Over the course of the year, the dumpster will be retrofitted into a modern dwelling space with all the amenities of a standard American home (shower, toilet, kitchen, bed and WiFi access). By living in the dumpster, Wilson will not only experiment with innovative ways to live with less, but will also serve as the friendly face for the educational side of the project.
Wilson is a Texas State alumnus, having earned his Master's in Geography from the university.
For more information, visit http://dumpsterproject.org.


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By John Piper September 22, 2002
Romans 1-8
Paul writes the letter to the Roman church to mobilize their support for his mission to Spain. In Romans 15:24 he writes, "I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be helped on my journey there by you." He has never been to Rome and has never met most of these Christians. So he lays out his gospel for them to see in these 16 chapters.
Oh that all our missionaries would know the book of Romans and preach the book of Romans. And Oh that those of us who send would know the book of Romans and live the book of Romans so that we would send missionaries the way Paul wanted to be sent and supported from Rome to Spain. The mighty and merciful message of this book will make rich Americans strip down to a more wartime lifestyle and pour their resources into the cause of the gospel. And the mighty and merciful message of this book, in the mouths of suffering missionaries, will break the powers of darkness and plant the Church of Christ in the hardest places.
The Multi-Cultural, Global Aspect of This Letter
It's not surprising then as you start to read this letter, there is a multi-cultural, global point to it. In Romans 1:5 Paul tells us the goal of his apostleship: "We have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations." That's why he preaches. That's why he is going to Spain. That's why he writes this letter: to bring about faith in Jesus Christ and the obedience that comes from it – "among all nations!" Romans is about the nations – the people groups who don't yet believe on Christ. Who are not justified and not yet sanctified and therefore will not be glorified if they are not reached with the gospel.
Then in verse 14 he tells us his apostolic obligation again: "I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish." And lest we think he has left out the Jews, he says in verse 16, "I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek." Jews, Greeks, Barbarians, wise, foolish! In other words, this mighty and merciful message of the book of Romans breaks through national distinctions and cultural distinctions and educational distinctions.
This is utterly crucial to see in our pluralistic time – a time very much like the first century when the church of Christ spread so rapidly. Christianity is not a tribal religion, but calls for faith and allegiance from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. Jesus is not one among many gods. He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and there is no other name under heaven by which all men must be saved. The mighty, merciful message of Romans is not just one way of salvation among many. It is the way of salvation, because Jesus Christ is the one and only Son of God and Savior.
This claim has always been disputed. And it is especially disputed today in America, even among professing Christians, and, of course, among Muslims and Jews. In Friday's Star Tribune there was another article rejecting the necessity of faith in Christ. A joint commission of Catholic bishops and American rabbis released a document called "Reflection on Covenant and Mission." The main thrust, the author said, is this: "Efforts to convert Jews are 'no longer theologically acceptable' . . . because the Jewish people already 'abide in covenant with God" (Friday, Sept. 20, 2002, p. A23). In other words, there is one way of salvation for Jews who reject Christ, and there is another way of salvation for Christians who receive Christ.
This is a false and heartbreaking statement from Christian bishops in view of what Jesus said, "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him" (John 3:36). Therefore, concerning the Gentiles who accept him and the Jews who reject him, Jesus said, "Many [the Gentiles] will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom [the Jewish people who reject him] will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 8:11-12).
So it is utterly crucial that we see the universal claims of the mighty and merciful message of Romans. We are not dealing here with a human opinion, or a human philosophy, or a self-improvement program, or a tribal religion, or something parochial and limited. We are dealing here with the true news that the one and only God has acted uniquely in history to save people by sending his one and only Son to die for sinners and rise again. To reject this news is to perish.
The Thesis of the Letter: Romans 1:16-17
So Paul states his point in Romans 1:16-17 and then explains and applies it in the rest of the letter. "I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, 'The righteous shall live by faith.'" First, Paul says that his message – his gospel – is mighty and merciful to save: it is the power of God unto salvation. And this salvation is through faith. The power of the gospel to save penetrates to our souls with faith in Jesus Christ.
Then in verse 17 he explains why the gospel has this power: "For in it the righteousness of God is revealed." The gospel has the power to save those who trust Christ because it reveals the righteousness of God. What does that mean?
Romans 1:18 – 3:20: Why All of Us Need to Be Saved
Before he explains what it means, Paul spends Romans 1:18 – 3:19 to show why all of us need to be saved. You see his summary in Romans 3:9, "We have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin." And verse 19: "Every mouth [is] stopped, and the whole world [is] held accountable to God." So we are all sinners. We are all under God's wrath (1:18). We have no righteousness that could commend us to him, and 3:20 makes plain that we can never save or justify ourselves: "By works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight." We are sinners. We are under God's just and holy wrath. And we cannot save or justify ourselves by works.
Romans 3:21-31: Revelation of the Righteousness of God by Faith in Jesus and Its Implications
Now Paul returns to his main point of Romans 1:16-17 and explains what it means that the gospel is the power of God to save believers because it reveals the righteousness of God by faith. He says in verse 21-22, "But now the righteousness of God has been manifested [here he's picking up the revealing of God's righteousness in verse 17] apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it – 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe."
So what is the revealing of the righteousness of God that gives the gospel its power and saves believers? It's the manifesting of "God's righteousness that comes through faith in Jesus." It's God's righteousness revealed as a gift to us through faith. It's what we call justification. So Paul says in verse 24 that sinners who trust Christ "are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." The revelation of God's righteousness that makes the gospel the power of God unto salvation is the demonstration and the gift of God's righteousness to sinners who trust in Christ.
Romans 3:25 explains how God can justify sinners without being unjust: "God put [Christ] forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins." In other words, God ordained for his Son to die in our place so that the Father's wrath and curse would be on him and not on those who believe. In this way he shows his hatred for sin and his just dealing with it. So now, as verse 26 says, he can be "just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus."
So the death of Christ is the foundation of our justification. If we believe in Jesus, God counts us righteous for Jesus' sake. We are seen and treated as just. That is justification. And in verse 28 he makes clear that this right standing with God is not by works but by faith, "For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law."
And right here don't miss the global, missionary, multi-cultural implication of this. Paul himself draws it out in verses 29-30, "Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles [the nations] also? Yes, of Gentiles also, 30 since God is one. He will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith." Justification by faith in Christ is the mighty and merciful global message we have for all the nations and all the people groups and all the people we will ever meet. There is one Savior, one cross, one resurrection and one way to be right with the one God: having his righteousness imputed to us by faith in Christ, not by works.
Romans 4: Abraham's Justification by Faith apart from Works
In chapter 4 Paul makes the case for justification by faith apart from works by using Abraham as an example: "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness" (verse 3). One of the most precious verses in the book is built off Abraham's example (verse 5): "And to the one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness." Not work but faith justifies. And not the godly but the ungodly are justified. This is good news indeed – this is the mighty and merciful message of Romans.
Romans 5: Hope and Security in the Face of Suffering and Death
In chapter 5 Paul sums up with verse 1, "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Then he opens the reality of suffering and death for the justified – and anticipates the huge emphasis on suffering in chapter 8. Verse 3 tells us why we can rejoice in tribulation – it leads to patience and approvedness and hope.
Then against the backdrop of this tribulation he argues exactly the same way he does in chapter 8 – from the greater to the lesser – if God can do a hard thing, he can do an easy thing. Recall in Romans 8:32 he says, "He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all [the hard thing], how shall he not with him freely give us all things [the easy thing]?" That's exactly the way Paul argues here in Romans 5:9, "Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood [that's the hard thing], much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God [that's the easy thing]." Same kind of argument in verse 10: "For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son [that's the hard thing], much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life [that's the easy thing]."
The point is our hope and security in the face of suffering and death, just like it is in Romans 8. Normal Christianity is tribulation. "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God" (Acts 14:22). Don't ever forget that the mighty and merciful message of Romans is put forth in the context of expected suffering.
Death is a massive reality in all cultures. If you have a gospel you must have some explanation of death and some hope in the face of death. That is what Paul takes up in Romans 5:12-21, and he does it by comparing Adam, whose disobedience brought sin and death, with Christ, whose obedience brought righteousness and life. Verse 19 states the contrast most clearly: "For as by the one man's [Adam's] disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's [Christ's] obedience the many will be made righteous." Adam's sin and condemnation were imputed to us because we are united to him by birth; so Christ's obedience and exoneration were imputed to us because we are united to him by faith.
Then Paul sums up the triumph of grace through Christ in verse 21: ". . . So that as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Romans 6: Union with Christ Is Death to Sin and Deliverance from Slavery
Which led to a problem that had to be solved: If we are really justified by faith alone and where sin abounds grace abounds all the more, then why not sin that grace may abound? And Paul answers this in chapter 6 with the teaching that faith unites us to Christ in a real way so that we actually experience with him a death to sin and a deliverance from its slavery (6:6, 17-18). All justified people are being sanctified.
Romans 7: Dead to the Law that We May Belong to Another
Then in chapter 7 Paul argues that it is not an orientation on law-keeping that sanctifies us – or makes us like Jesus. No, "you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. . . We are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit" (7:4, 6).
The Christian life is lived in the free gift and earnest pursuit of a relation to Jesus Christ "That you might belong to another!" (7:4). He is the might and the mercy and the model and the mandate of the Christian life.
Romans 8: Nothing Can Separate Us from the Love of Christ
This brought us then in these recent weeks to Romans 8 – the great 8. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ (verse 35)? Do you see the connection between that and Romans 7:4? Dead to the law so that we might belong to another – to him who was raised from the dead, Jesus Christ. That is the key to living and the key to dying. Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ. Answer: Nothing. Who shall separate us from the love of God in Christ? Answer: Nothing.
"So whether we live or whether we die we are the Lord's, for to this end Christ died and rose again, that he might be Lord both of the living and the dead" (Romans 14:8-9). Live under his lordship, die under his lordship. And always sing to the invincible love of God in Christ.
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By: Brian Boone
If Chain Restaurants Were Turned Into Movies
Hard Rock Caf '
After all of the customers and German tourists have gone home at night, the second-rate rock n' roll memorabilia comes to live and hops down off the walls. Why? To convince a Baby Boomer night watchman, who had a garage band in the '60s and mentions to anyone who will listen about that time he once passed Stephen Stills in the bathroom at a baseball game, that he's still cool. They dress him up in Roy Orbison's brother's sunglasses and teach him to play "Wild Thing" on a guitar once owned by the guitarist from Loverboy.
Tagline: "Rock n' roll 'all night!"
The Olive Garden
A successful lawyer travels back home to suburban New Jersey to visit his large Italian family. Between huge meals prepared by his animated grandmother, and sing-alongs to "That's Amor '," and basket after basket of breadsticks, he goes up to the attic to look at old photo albums, where, called to a dusty corner by a mysterious device that vibrates and flashes red lights, he discovers some documents that reveal a big secret: His family isn't even remotely Italian.
Tagline: "When you're here, you're family. A hugely stereotypical family. More breadsticks?"
Aliens bent on destroying the Earth land behind a mall outside of Tyler, Texas, and venture into the first building they see, a Hooters. The aliens, na 've to the ways of earth, believe that the waitresses are legitimately flirting with them and stand down, only to have the waitresses poison them with chicken wings.
Tagline: "They're only doing this to pay for college 'and to save the world."
You can venture that this movie really is as good as your friends keep telling you it is. It's probably the best movie you'll ever see. Unfortunately, there will be only three prints of the movie and they're not going anywhere outside of California.
Tagline: "Dude, it's so good, you don't even know."
Dave and Buster's
When a woman sends her dopey fianc ' to turn in the catering deposit for their upcoming wedding, he stops in at Dave and Buster's instead, and spends all $2,000 on Pop-A-Shot, thinking he's somehow going to win all the money back, even though Dave and Buster's is not a better establishment. Now, he has to prove to his girlfriend 'someway 'that he's mature enough to get married. He goes to Dave and Buster's instead.
Tagline: "Busted!"
A husband and father of three children under the age of five takes his family to a suburban Applebee's on a Friday night and is seated in the "Family Zone" amongst dozens of tables covered in sticky spilled soda, screaming children, and frazzled, catatonic parents. Suddenly, he is magically whisked away to his minivan after he says he "just needs to go grab something real quick" and disappears, forever.
Tagline: "No, this is 40."


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Perched in their chic Manhattan headquarters, Jenny Carter Fleiss and Jenn Hyman may be miles—literally and figuratively—from the high school track and volleyball court on which they once broke a sweat. The recent Harvard Business School grads are the co-founders of Rent the Runway, an innovative online service in which women can borrow designer frocks for weddings or other occasions, Netflix-style, at recession-friendly prices—that's grown exponentially since it launched last year.
But the young entrepreneurs have undoubtedly carried lessons from their days as varsity athletes into the boardroom, attributing many of their managerial skills to their sporty pasts.
"Our coach always had us write our goals on the back of our hands to be constantly reminded of them," says Carter Fleiss, who was captain of her track team in Riverdale, New York. "Today, I still keep a list of my personal goals posted right in front of me—and encourage everyone else at Rent the Runway to do this—as a constant reminder of the bigger-picture things we're working on."
Meanwhile, Hyman confesses she was perhaps "one of the worst high school varsity volleyball players" in Westchester County, New York, yet the experience taught her "how to take a backseat at times and let those around me shine," she says. "It also taught me to seek out what I was great at—in that case, returning the ball—and hone that skill."
Perhaps not surprisingly, Carter Fleiss and Hyman are in good company. Former high school and college athletes of all abilities hold positions of power in an array of arenas, from Sarah Palin (basketball) to Ellen DeGeneres (tennis). Eighty-two percent of executive businesswomen played organized sports after elementary school, according to a 2002 study by mutual fund company Oppenheimer, and evidence suggests that figure will likely rise over the next few decades, as more post-Title IX babies enter the workforce.
While it's easy to imagine how some of the same skills acquired on a playing field could translate to professional success—after all, aren't sports just an elaborate metaphor for life?—feminist scholars stress that the connection between organized-sports participation and career achievement can't be overestimated. The relationship between the two is still under-recognized, they say, and warrants more attention and research.
"There's a whole lot of anecdotal evidence that disparities between women and men in the workplace are caused by a lack of athletic training and experience," says Kathryn Kolbert, director of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College. "We'd now like to do the research to prove it."
In addition to gaining valuable skills, women who played (or passionately follow, for that matter) sports gain unique access to "boys" networks that they'd otherwise be excluded from, experts say. Also compelling: The Oppenheimer study found that one in six adult women identify themselves as athletic—but the figure rises to almost half of women who make more than $75,000.
Nearly four decades after Title IX took effect, some of the first tangible results of the landmark education ruling, which banned gender discrimination at federally funded schools, are emerging. In a seminal study released this year, economist Betsey Stevenson (who just took a job as chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor) crunched the state-by-state numbers. Controlling for factors like school size and social and personal differences among athletes, she hoped to determine a cause-and-effect relationship between participation in high school sports and achievement down the road.
The results were remarkable. Stevenson found that ramping up girls' participation in sports had a direct effect on their education and employment, explaining about 20 percent of the increase in education and about 40 percent of the rise in employment for women ages 25 to 34, as Tara Parker-Pope discussed in a February New York Times blog post.
"It's not just that the people who are going to do well in life play sports, but that sports help people do better in life," Stevenson told Parker-Pope. "While I only show this for girls, it's reasonable to believe it's true for boys as well."
Indeed, evidence suggests that participating in an organized sport can benefit nearly all women, deeply instilling lessons from the value of practice to teamwork, says Kolbert. It provides participants with a peer group, and a feeling of inclusion. And perhaps most importantly, it helps cultivate resilience.
"Sports help teach that you can lose today but you can win tomorrow," says Sheila Wellington, the former president of the women's advocacy nonprofit Catalyst, who teaches a popular course on women in business leadership at NYU's Stern School of Business. "And that is an extremely valuable lesson. That you can live to fight another day. There's no better way to learn that than in sports. Even if you have a terrible season, there's always next year."
Yet despite the growing recognition of sports' benefits, as more women come of age in a post-Title IX world, there's also a risk of complacency, says Nicole LaVoi, associate director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota. While record numbers of girls are participating in sports, at all levels, according to a 2007 study by the center, girls are still less notably involved in physical activity than boys.
"We haven't closed the gender gap," says LaVoi. Also, "women are drastically underrepresented in positions of power in sports. And female athletes are still largely underrepresented in the sport media."
As more high school and college athletes ascend the professional ladder, feminist sports advocates hope that their achievements will perhaps serve as a billboard for their cause.
Danielle Friedman is a homepage editor and reporter for The Daily Beast. Previously, she spent five years working as a nonfiction book editor for Hudson Street Press and Plume, two imprints of Penguin Group. She is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.


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Keep the links coming in (Seriously, I'm hurtin' here)
Looks like the skull and crossbones is the new pink. Maybe we should make our logo look like Mr. Yuk to stay ahead of the curve.
FedEx furniture was bouncing around the blogs a couple months ago. Apparantly the company doesn't want to furnish your apartment. The correction at the end is kinda funny.
Have you checked out the BlackDog Linux usb computer. I think it would come in pretty handy for those of you headed back to school and their inadequate labs.
Last weekend some HAM enthusiasts tired for a WiFi long shot with a weather ballon. It didn't work so well (they think it was swinging too much) but they'll be trying again. Good luck! [ed3]
A DS homebrew contest held by the Neo Flash team recently concluded. You can download the thirty entries over at MaxConsole.
Ghetto UV reactive fan. [Neurolizer]
Do you think the feds picked up any new recruits at Defcon? [Bucky]
NetBSD toaster, Hack-A-Day stringer Richard saw it in person [via the Inquirer][jesse off]
If your state isn't overcast like mine, make sure you catch the Perseids tonight.


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Robert's Co-Workers
(1909 - 1998)
Robert M. "Bob" Hall was the founder of Hall Communications, owner of radio stations WONN, WPCV, WLKF, and WWRZ in Lakeland. Born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, he completed high school and attended evening classes at Northeastern University School of Law. In 1930 he entered Brown University where he graduated four years later. Bob continued his education at the Columbia School of Journalism from which he graduated in 1936. That same year, he married Ruth Pearl Daniels and they had two children, Robert, Jr. and Bonnie.
Bob's first career was in the newspaper business, beginning as a salesman with United Features Syndicate. In 1944, he left to become President and General Manager of the newly created Post Syndicate which he formed with the New York Post newspaper. Shortly afterwards, the company was renamed the Post-Hall Syndicate. Under Bob's leadership, the company grew quickly and added popular columnists such as Earl Wilson with his news on Hollywood, Sylvia F. Porter's column, Money and You, and comic strips like Walt Kelly's Pogo and Ed Dodd's Mark Trail. In 1955 he bought out the Post shares and became sole owner, changing the name to the Hall Syndicate, which became the largest privately-owned newspaper syndicate in the country. More columnists came on board, too, like Dr. Norman Vincent Peale with Inspiration and new comic strips Dennis the Menace and Andy Capp.
In 1967 Bob sold his company to Field Enterprises of Chicago. By this time, he had started a second career - in radio broadcasting - with the purchase of his first radio station three years earlier. Hall Communications was now on its way.
Bob moved to Naples, Florida in 1970 and by 1981 the company had acquired WONN and its sister station, WPCV. In 1991 he resigned as President of the company and named his son-in-law, Art Rowbotham, as his successor. When his wife of almost 57 years passed away two years later, Bob relocated to Lakeland. In 1998, he resigned as Chairman of the Board, and Bonnie H. Rowbotham, his daughter, assumed those responsibilities.
Bob Hall died December 21, 1998 with his family at his side. He was a successful businessman, a good friend to all who knew him, and a warm family man.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Honey Lavender Brioche
The last time I was wandering the aisles of Trader Joe's, I curiously looked at a loaf of brioche, and then I proceeded to balk at the price. $4.29 for a tiny loaf of bread! You've got to be kidding me! After shunning the expensive brioche (I'm sure this is relative, it was expensive to me), I was determined to make my own. Then one day I thought, "Hmm... what about a honey lavender brioche?" I always get super excited when I think of new ideas like this. I could either use lavender honey or lavender blossoms. Lavender honey is made from the nectar of lavender flowers, produced mainly in France and Spain, but unfortunately, it can be quite expensive. So instead, I picked up some lavender blossoms (much more affordable) at World Spice a few weeks ago.
After purchasing the lavender, I surfed the web looking for a brioche recipe. I thought it was so funny when I read Megnut's "Mean Chocolate Chip Cookie," because it's something I do with many of my recipes (though I don't take it as far as Meg and average the baking temperatures and times). After taking science classes for the last five years, it's only natural that I approach each new cooking endeavor as a scientific experiment. I gathered about a dozen brioche recipes and compared the ratios of the ingredients; in the case of a brioche, the flour, eggs, butter, milk, yeast, and sugar. For example, I found that the egg content in a brioche recipe can range from 2 to 4 and butter from 4 tbsp to 10 tbsp! Then I take the average or most common measurement of a certain ingredient to create my own recipe.
I replaced sugar with honey for honey brioche but I've never cooked with lavender before so I had no idea how much of the blossoms to use. Using too much lavender can be a deathtrap, resulting in food reminiscent of soap or potpourri. I planned to infuse some milk with lavender. After the milk had cooled, I sniffed it and I could barely detect any lavender fragrance. So I decided to add half of the lavender blossoms into the bread itself to lend its aroma to the bread as it baked. And it worked! The end result was a rich and fluffy brioche with just the light lavender flavor I was looking for. The lavender scent is only noticeable after you finish eating the bread as it lingers ever so delicately on the tongue. It was really very nice, not overpowering at all.
- When buying lavender blossoms, make sure to buy culinary lavender specified for cooking not the kind used for soap or candle making (sold in craft shops), which are usually treated with toxic chemicals and pesticides. Store the blossoms in a cool dry location.
- I'm sure you can use lavender honey instead of lavender blossoms in this recipe, just substitute regular honey for lavender honey.
- You can use this recipe to make a regular brioche as well, just omit the lavender and replace the honey with white sugar.
- This is a quick brioche that does not call for an overnight rise in the fridge.
- Some of the recipes I looked at included: Cook's Illustrated, Thomas Keller, Helen of Tartelette and Epicurious, Freya and Paul, and Bea of La Tartine Gourmande.
Honey Lavender Brioche (or Lavender Honey Brioche)
2 - 2 1/4 C AP flour
1 package instant yeast, about 2 1/4 tsp
1/3 C milk
2 eggs, room temp
3 Tbsp honey
6 Tbsp butter, room temp, cut into 6 pieces
1 tsp of lavender flowers (only 1/2 tsp is added into the bread)
1/2 tsp salt
1 beaten egg for wash
Heat milk until it is very hot but not boiling. You can use a small saucepan but I actually used the microwave. I heated it for 20 second intervals and whisked in between. Add the lavender blossoms to the hot milk, cover, and set aside for 5 - 10 minutes, let the milk slowly cool down until it is warm, about 110ºF. The lavender will infuse into the milk and it allows the milk to cool to a temperature that won't scald the yeast.
(If you're using active dry yeast, wait until the milk has cooled until it's still warm then strain and reserve the lavender blossoms and add the yeast to allow it to proof.)
Add 2 cups of flour, yeast, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk to combine. When the milk has finished infusing and is still warm, strain and reserve the lavender blossoms, whisk the honey into the milk then add the milk to the flour. Add half of the lavender flowers, about 1/2 tsp. Add the eggs and mix with the dough hook until the dough comes together. It will look very sticky and shaggy.
With the mixer running, add one piece of butter and wait until it is almost incorporated before adding the next. Add the butter piece by piece, then knead the dough for 5 minutes. If the dough looks too sticky, add some more flour, up to 1/4 C total. The dough should still be sticky and stick to the bottom of the mixer bowl but it shouldn't be absolutely unmanageable. Put the dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover, and set aside in a warm place and allow it to rise until doubled, about an hour.
Lightly flour a work surface. Cut a piece of parchment for the bottom of a loaf pan and grease the sides of the pan. Gently pry the dough out onto the work surface and divide in half. Then divide each half into 3 sections. Roll each section into a ball and place them in a loaf pan, 2 x 3. Cover, and set aside to let rise for another hour.
Meanwhile preheat the oven to 350ºF and adjust the oven rack to the lower middle position. My loaf rose pretty high so baking on the middle position would have caused the top to get too brown.
After the loaf finishes the second rise, brush the top with the beaten egg (probably won't use all of the egg). Bake for 35 - 40 minutes, or until the loaf sounds hollow when the pan is tapped. If you notice the top is getting too brown during baking, cover the top with a piece of foil to sheild it. If you notice that the top isn't getting brown enough, move the loaf up to the middle rack.
Take the loaf out of the pan and let it cool for 15 minutes before digging in (if you can wait that long). It was delicious drizzled with some more honey.
This will be my entry for Weekend Herb Blogging, an event created by Kalyn of Kalyn's Kitchen and hosted this week by Ellie of Kitchen Wench.
18 comments:
I so wished I could have a slice! The lavender addition is delightful
- May 23, 2007 at 4:41 PM
- Bettina said...
WHOA! this sounds soooo cool! i'm so jealous of steven. that's such a neat idea.
- May 23, 2007 at 5:44 PM
- Wandering Chopsticks said...
Mmm. I love honey, lavender, and brioche. :) BTW, you can just add lavender to white sugar in a jar and let it the aroma infuse the sugar. Then just sift the lavender out and use the sugar as normal.
- May 23, 2007 at 8:11 PM
This sounds delicious. I love a good brioche and adding the honey/lavender is a great idea!x
- May 23, 2007 at 8:58 PM
- Freya said...
The honey and lavender is such a wonderful addition to this soft, delicate bread!
- May 23, 2007 at 11:07 PM
- Patricia Scarpin said...
Amy, your brioche looks so soft and tender! You ARE a scientist, my friend, and we're lucky to see your experiments!
- May 24, 2007 at 7:35 AM
That should be the more expensive breads/cakes in TJs. :O
I can already smell the aroma...mmmmmm.....
- May 24, 2007 at 10:50 AM
Thank you! Your brioche and bread pudding post definitely inspired me. :D
Thanks! I'm quickly falling in love with lavender, lavender sugar in tea, lavender shortbread, yum...
That was actually the first thing I did went I got home. I now have a big jar of lavender sugar in the cupboard. I was actually going to make a post about making scented sugars. :D
Thanks! I also love brioche.
Freya and Paul,
Thank you! Your brioche post and recipe really helped me.
Hehehe you're too kind! I wish my actual science experiments turned out as well as the edible ones. :P
I love the smell of freshly baked bread. It makes me so happy.
- May 24, 2007 at 11:54 AM
- Bettina said...
lavendar shortbread?? yummy!! i don't think i've actually had food with lavendar flavor in it before. does steven like the flavor? doesn't seem like he would...
- May 24, 2007 at 1:38 PM
- Helene said...
Amy, this looks absolutely delicious! Lavender and honey: great choice...it had to be divine.
- May 24, 2007 at 8:28 PM
- sunshine said...
I got here through "Live to eat" and loved your blog, so have linked you..
- May 24, 2007 at 11:23 PM
- Amy said...
Steven can be notoriously picky but he really liked it. He even said it could use a little more lavender flavor. I'm slowly getting him to tolerate green onions *evil grin* and maybe one day, tomatoes... but cilantro will never happen. Lol
Thank you! Honey and lavender compliment each other so well.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you like the blog! :)
- May 25, 2007 at 10:22 PM
- Kalyn Denny said...
What a wonderful combination. I know what you mean about getting excited when you get a food combination idea. That happens to me too. You did a great job combining the best of a lot of recipes to come up with a real winner here.
- May 27, 2007 at 8:43 PM
Thank you so much! I feel like I think about food way too much and get too excited about it. I barely have time to cook everything.
- May 29, 2007 at 11:36 AM
- Dolores said...
I've been contemplating brioche for several weeks now, looking for a recipe to inspire me. Honey and lavender. Brilliant!
I'm glad I found your blog.
- May 29, 2007 at 10:53 PM
- Amy said...
Culinary Curious,
I'm so glad you like the recipe. :)
- June 1, 2007 at 11:59 AM
- Gabi said...
Your brioche sounds yummy- Okay I'm going to try your recipe - I get a little afraid of the lavender being overpowering- but if it was a delicate flavour- I'd love it.
I think one of the other DBs- can't remember who- had a male friend who described lavender as tasting like his Gran's pants drawer- she and I both wonder how he might know that- but that's another story. ;)
- June 12, 2008 at 3:53 PM
What a fantastic idea, I love brioche! I would have it everyday but I know better and my hips would not forgive me if I did.
- May 9, 2009 at 11:25 AM


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